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Archive: November 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.

1 November 2002

• Britain: Firefighters union calls off planned strikes as talks take place
• Ivory Coast: Talks to pave way for West African troops
• Milosevic trial: Croatia’s President Mesic gives evidence
• Public meetings in Australia discuss the US drive to war
• The political economy of American militarism in the 21st century
• Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

2 November 2002

• Eye-witness describes violent police raid in Australia
  "There is no excuse for terrorising women and children"
• Letters from readers on the Wellstone plane crash
• New York Post redbaits transit union
• Sri Lankan president offers a political truce to the government
• Amid growing signs of new recession
  US job cuts continue to mount
• Unemployment benefits running out for over 3 million US jobless
• Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

4 November 2002

• US midterm elections
  Republicans marshal "poll watchers" to intimidate Democratic voters
• Sri Lankan police belatedly initiate action over LTTE’s threats against the SEP
• The impact of a US war on Iraq’s civilian infrastructure
• UN diplomatic charade on Iraq nears final act
• World Socialist Web Site Review: latest issue now available

5 November 2002

• Canada-US row over targeting of Middle Eastern visitors
• Israel: social crisis underlies collapse of Likud-Labour coalition
• Kenyan elite manoeuvre as war looms in Middle East
• Los planes de los EE.UU. para Irak: De vuelta al colonialismo
• New Kashmiri government to push for talks to end armed conflict
• Workers Struggles: The Americas
• Worst building fire in Vietnam since end of war

6 November 2002

• Australian-Indonesian families protest ASIO raids
  "We are making a public statement that we have nothing to hide"
• Histories of love and sexuality
  Punch-Drunk Love, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; Auto Focus, directed by Paul Schrader
• Joschka Fischer in the US: German Green leader grovels for the camera
• Letters on actor Richard Harris
• Taiwanese president adopts provocative pro-independence stance toward China
• US masses forces for war on Iraq
• White House snubs German foreign minister

7 November 2002

• Canadian big business rallies behind the Action démocratique du Québec
• Germany: Doubt cast on claims of planned terrorist attack
• Ireland: Social tensions deepen as the "Celtic Tiger" staggers
• LTTE makes major concessions at peace talks with Sri Lankan government
• US midterm election: the meaning of the Democratic debacle
• What made Frida Kahlo remarkable?
  Frida, directed by Julie Taymor

8 November 2002

• Devastating defeat for established parties in Turkish elections
• Financial markets criticise Japanese bank plan
• German government plans massive cuts in unemployment support
• Protest without perspective: comment on recent anti-war demonstrations in Germany
• US longshore officials cave in to West Coast shippers’ anti-union demands
• Washington and Canberra cover up Indonesian military connection to Papua killings
• Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

9 November 2002

• British court bows to US on Guantanamo Bay prisoners
• Bush appointee at SEC resigns amid charges of cover-up
• Coming to bat against empire
  Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
• Israel: Sharon forced to call new elections
  100,000 march for peace in Tel Aviv
• The Washington Post and the killings in Yemen: "Liberal" press extols CIA’s Murder Inc.
• UN resolution on Iraq: a cynical cover for US aggression
• Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

11 November 2002

• Letters on the death of US Senator Paul Wellstone, and a reply
• Report highlights deterioration of Australian public schools
• UN fund says money running out to fight AIDS
• Unanswered questions in Bali bombing investigations

12 November 2002

• Behind the Democrats’ election debacle: growing alienation among US working class voters
• New evidence exposes frame-up of youth in New York "Central Park jogger" case
• Over 500,000 march in Florence against Iraq war
• Sinhala extremists stir up anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lankan capital
• White House defends CIA killing of US citizen in Yemen
• Workers Struggles: The Americas

13 November 2002

• Australian building site tragedy reveals erosion of safety conditions
• Britain: New asbestos law puts legal onus on employers
• Chinese Communist Party to declare itself open to the capitalist elite
• TV film on death of Frank Olson
  German documentary charges US used biological weapons in Korean War
• Report documents racist bias of Toronto police
• The business of glorifying backwardness
  8 Mile, directed by Curtis Hanson

14 November 2002

• Afghan police shoot student protesters
• Mounting signs of early US invasion of Iraq
• Sweeping police measures against anti-WTO protests in Australia
• The US "free" press and the Pentagon war machine
• WSWS Chairman David North addresses Berlin meeting on US war drive against Iraq

15 November 2002

• 12th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema
  Part 1: Some hopeful signs
• Mayor Bloomberg takes ax to New York City budget
• Spain: Ecuadorean immigrant cleared of murdering her baby
• Sri Lankan budget reveals an acute financial crisis
• UK firefighters begin first nationwide strike in 25 years
• US economic outlook: fears of renewed recession—and worse
• West Australian base to be used for US navy "sea-swap" trial
• Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

16 November 2002

• 12th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema
  Part 2: Two ways of depicting war
• Argentina defaults on loan to World Bank
• Bush administration exploits DC sniper case to promote death penalty
• Letters on Democrats’ debacle in US midterm elections
• Michigan workers speak out: "It seems like General Motors has abandoned Flint"
• State takeover of Flint highlights social decay in birthplace of US auto union
• Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

18 November 2002

• Are Britain and the United States moving against Zimbabwe?
• Bush Homeland Security bill nears passage by US Congress
  Police-state measure threatens democratic rights
• Bush’s double standard: protecting corporations, victimizing workers
• New powers proposed for French police

19 November 2002

• 25 años desde el asesinato deTom Henehan (1951-1977)
• Britain: Firefighters speak on strike
  "How do you put a price on a firefighter’s life?"
• Canada: Thousands demonstrate against war on Iraq
• Pakistan parliament convened but no government formed
• Police assault anti-WTO protesters in Australia
• New attack on civil liberties
  US Border Patrol sets up random checkpoints in Michigan
• US pressure provokes fissures in European Union
• Workers Struggles: The Americas

20 November 2002

• Bangladesh’s "crime" crackdown results in the deaths of 24 detainees
• Britain: Children socially, educationally disadvantaged by age two
• Massive security crackdown at Prague NATO summit
• More letters on "The death of US Senator Paul Wellstone: accident or murder?"
• Telecommunications layoffs mount worldwide
• Zimbabwe: A letter from the MDC and a reply

21 November 2002

• Britain: The shattering of the Royal illusion
• Iran: death sentence sparks protests and coup threats
• Iraq war dominates NATO summit in Prague
• Italy: Twenty anti-globalization activists arrested in police sweeps
  Charged under Mussolini-era subversion laws
• Solomon Islands begins implementing IMF demand for severe job cuts
• The element of social tragedy in King Lear
  King Lear by William Shakespeare, at the Stratford Festival of Canada, directed by Jonathan Miller
• Wealth gap continues as young generation falls behind in Australia

22 November 2002

• Australian ABC falls into line on Bali bombing
• Britain: Labour abandons planned corporate killing legislation
• Lacklustre re-creation of a vital piece of Australian history
  Black and White, directed by Craig Lahiff, screenplay by Louis Nowra
• Letters to the WSWS
• Top German official demands "more inequality"
• US intelligence appeals court sanctions increased domestic spying
• Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

23 November 2002

• On eve of national elections
  Austria’s Social Democrats, Greens shift to the right
• British government refuses aid to Ethiopian famine victims
• Right-wing US group lobbies for war on Iraq
  Colonial conquest in the name of "liberation"
• Sri Lankan fine arts institute suffers drastic cuts
• The political issues raised by Britain’s firefighters strike
• Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

25 November 2002

• Australia’s unemployment rate masks continued decline in full-time jobs
• Bush administration to track Iraqis living in the US
• Once again on the US "free press"
  Fox News chief doubled as political adviser to Bush
• The Philippines pushes for a leading role in the US "war against terrorism"

26 November 2002

• Berlin trial of neo-Nazi implicates Brandenburg secret service
• Bush advisor tells British MPs: war against Iraq regardless of UN findings
• Desperation in New York: rumors bring thousands of poor in search of cash
• Fijian military court convicts 15 soldiers on mutiny charges
• Israel to expand Jewish settlements in Hebron
• Workers Struggles: The Americas

27 November 2002

• France: Closure of Sangatte camp intensifies attack on asylum-seekers
• France: strikes, protests mount vs. austerity measures
• Huge losses for Haider’s Freedom Party in Austrian elections
  An analysis of the vote
• LTTE member faces court over assault on SEP member in Sri Lanka
• Australia:
  Murdoch editorial justifies assault on democratic rights
• Two New York City transit workers killed in 48 hours

28 November 2002

• Aide to Canadian prime minister replaced for calling Bush a "moron"
• Bush picks Kissinger to head official probe: new stage in the September 11 coverup
• Bush’s Christmas gift to the jobless: one million lose benefits December 28
• Germany: Socialist Equality Party stands in Hesse election
• Socialist Equality Party public meetings in Britain opposing war vs. Iraq
  Why Blair is backing the US-led war drive
• Striking British firefighters speak out: "They want to bring us down"
• Striking London teachers march through capital

29 November 2002

• Australian prime minister gives the nod to anti-Muslim racism
• Britain: Blair declares class war against firefighters
• Australia:
  Media pushes for a majority Labor government in Victoria
• Nigeria: Death toll from inter-communal violence mounts
• Northern Ireland: talks resume following suspension of Assembly
• What is bin Ladenism?
  Al Qaeda leader’s letter to Americans
• Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

30 November 2002

• A year after the fall of Kabul
  Afghanistan mired in poverty, insecurity and despotic rule
• Janet Rehnquist faces investigation
  Chief Justice’s daughter purges Health and Human Services office
• Harvard University forced to back down on censorship of British poet
• Los Angeles health system near meltdown
• Thousands of tons of oil pollute Spanish coast
• When the music’s over, turn out the lights
  Standing in the Shadow of Motown, directed by Paul Justman
• Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

2 December 2002

• A profile of the new leadership in Beijing