Archive: August 2002
The archive below lists all articles that have been posted on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive for other months, return to the Archive Monthly Index.
3 June 1996
31 August 2001
- Colombian government steps up civil war preparations
- Letters from our readers
- Sri Lankan political infighting continues as date is set for peace talks
- US threatens Egypt with sanctions over imprisonment of human rights activist
1 August 2002
- Evidence points to US cover-up of Afghan massacre
- France: Raffarin’s attempt to amnesty his government provokes political crisis
- How George W. Bush made his millions
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Liberating and not-so liberating efforts
Sunshine State, Goldmember and The Emperor’s New Clothes - Washington takes another step towards restoring US-Indonesian military ties
2 August 2002
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Artistic dissent in imperial China
When the Manchus Ruled China: Painting under the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) at the Metropolitan Museum - Bush administration moves to stifle discovery in 9/11 lawsuits
- New Zealand election produces an unstable minority Labour government
- The Fort Bragg murders: a grim warning on the use of the military
- Washington relies on a network of paid warlords in Afghanistan
3 August 2002
- China’s coal mining deaths spiral
- Ontario inquiry finds Tory government responsible for Walkerton deaths
- Papua New Guinea narrowly averts constitutional crisis following "blighted election"
- The Pennsylvania mine rescue and the human cost of coal
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
5 August 2002
- Philippine president bolsters police powers and foreshadows new austerity measures
- UN report condemns "inhuman" Australian detention of refugees
- US seeks to block enforcement of anti-torture treaty
6 August 2002
- American public left in dark on US war aims in Iraq
- As Latin American crisis spreads, US offers loan to Uruguay
- Britain: Labour government reneges on promised corporate killing law
- Germany: Ex-Stalinist leader Gysi resigns Berlin post
- India prepares another anti-democratic election in Kashmir
7 August 2002
- Indonesian court hands Tommy Suharto a light sentence
- Israel: Austerity budget makes workers pay for cost of Sharon’s war
- Republican "dirty tricks" in US mid-term elections
- US country singer Steve Earle subjected to witch-hunt
- Workers Struggles: US & Canada
8 August 2002
- Bipartisan bankruptcy "reform" punishes US consumers, rewards banks
- Bush rubs shoulders with the Pennsylvania miners
- China’s "war on terrorism"—brutal repression of ethnic unrest in Xinjiang
- Indonesian president endorses ex-Suharto crony for re-election as Jakarta governor
- UN report on Jenin: A whitewash of Israeli war crimes
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
9 August 2002
- Australian government backs a US war against Iraq
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Another debacle for US health care
Congress fails to adopt prescription coverage for the elderly - Political standoff in Sri Lanka threatens to precipitate fresh elections
- Toxic chemical spill kills and maims east African dockworkers
- US behind peace deals in Sudan and Congo
10 August 2002
- Britain: "Left" union leader pledges loyalty to Blair
- Letters on the Fort Bragg murders
- O’Neill's Latin tour sparks protests as IMF grants record loan
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Analysts warn of "double dip" recession
Signs of sharp downturn in US economy - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
12 August 2002
- Australian maritime union "victory" opens further attack on seamen’s jobs and conditions
- Corporate Netherlands mounts anti-immigrant witch-hunt
- German chancellor speaks against US war vs. Iraq
13 August 2002
- Britain: Enron-style accounting conceals financial collapse of health service
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The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees to drown?
Part 1 of a four part series -
US Airways files for bankruptcy
Signals new assault on airline workers - Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Youth commits suicide in New York City homeless shelter
14 August 2002
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The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees to drown?
Part 2 of a four part series - France: Raffarin government begins budget-cutting measures
- Michigan migrant workers face deportation after exposing abusive conditions
- New fossil may revise the timeline for hominid evolution
- US welfare "reform" forces more children to separate from their parents
15 August 2002
- Crisis of Parti Québécois regime heralds coming political upheavals
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The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees to drown?
Part 3 of a four part series - Letters to the WSWS
- South Africa: ANC stalls on anti-retroviral AIDS drugs
- The 401(k) scam: How American workers have been robbed of their retirement benefits
16 August 2002
- Bush presses ahead with "enemy combatant" detentions
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The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees to drown?
Part 4 of a four part series - Malnutrition widespread amongst Palestinian children
- Texas executes Mexican national despite international protests
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
17 August 2002
- Bush’s economic forum: a stage-managed farce
- CNN documentary on Mazar-i-Sharif prison revolt: film footage documents US war crimes
- Colombia’s new president declares state of emergency
- Spanish government moves to ban Basque separatist party
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
19 August 2002
- French government launches new legal attacks on young people
- New Zealand sawmill workers’ health problems caused by chemical poisoning
- Second-largest US airline threatens bankruptcy, demands concessions
- White House uses FBI to intimidate congressional probe of September 11
20 August 2002
- 2,000 immigrants perish crossing US-Mexico border since 1994
- British media publicise anti-immigration outfit
- Threat of Middle East war spurs grab for West African oil
- Unstable government formed in Papua New Guinea
21 August 2002
- Australian union test case enshrines long working hours
- Bosnia: The United Nations, human trafficking and prostitution
- Canada’s Liberal government proposes 84-hour workweek for truck drivers
- Flood catastrophe in Europe
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Union delegates denounce government hypocrisy over September 11
US firefighters protest Bush’s veto - Workers Struggles: The Americas
22 August 2002
- Australian High Court ruling highlights denial of refugee rights
- European Union seeks to dampen separatist pressures in Montenegro
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Media silence on background to the Pennsylvania mine disaster
Occupational hazards kill thousands of US workers every year -
Sydney Film Festival
The danger of war on the Indian subcontinent
War and Peace, directed by Anand Patwardhan - The social costs of Argentina’s crisis
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
23 August 2002
- Australian families of Guantanamo Bay prisoners denounce US court ruling
- British establishment divided over US war against Iraq
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Reports on emergency response to World Trade Center attacks
Did Mayor Giuliani’s policies contribute to loss of life on September 11? - Letters to the World Socialist Web Site
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The end of consensus politics in the Netherlands
Part I: The legacy of Wim Kok’s Social Democratic government - West Nile Fever spreading throughout US
24 August 2002
- Amram Mitzna: Israeli left lines up behind yet another former general
- Behind the official debate, US builds up forces for attack on Iraq
- Correspondence on the privatisation of Britain’s postal service
- Police attack anti-Bush demonstrators in Portland
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The end of consensus politics in the Netherlands
Part II: The role of Pim Fortuyn and his party - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
26 August 2002
- Families devastated by Dresden flood forced to shift for themselves
- German chancellor lines up with US critics of Bush war plans vs. Iraq
- New Zealand Labour forms government with support of right-wing party
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The end of consensus politics in the Netherlands
Part III: The historical roots of consensus politics
27 August 2002
- Enron executive pleads guilty
- Germany: A balance sheet of the Social Democratic-Green education policy
- Indonesian parliament puts a democratic gloss on an autocratic constitution
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Zambia: poverty and backwardness made in London and Washington
28 August 2002
- Bankers’ bank sounds some warnings
- Behind the defeat of Georgia congresswoman: Republican right, Israel lobby unite to silence criticism of "anti-terror" war
- British Guardian backs CIA dirty tricks in Zimbabwe
- Seventh House impeachment manager ousted from US Congress
- Sri Lankan plantation unions call off wage campaign
- Swedish general election campaign focuses on immigration
29 August 2002
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Canada’s prime minister to quit in 18 months
Big business urges quicker exit - Indonesian court acquits military of East Timor atrocities
- Is the US economy heading into deflation?
- Letter from a Portland protester
- Sweden: IMF and OECD demand deeper social cuts
- Ullico: The AFL-CIO’s corporate scandal
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
30 August 2002
- An exchange of letters on government suppression of evidence in 9/11 lawsuits
- Bush threatens to use troops against West Coast dockworkers
- Candidates debate on German TV: Schröder and Stoiber advance similar right-wing policies
- Caspian Basin oil pipeline company founded
- Immediate flood catastrophe averted in China, but dangers remain
- Sri Lankan family alleges woman victim of human organ theft
31 August 2002
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