Archive: October 2003
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.
16 December 1996
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Music should not be a selfish thing
An interview with Sleepy LaBeef - The country boogie-woogie of Sleepy LaBeef
1 October 2003
- An exchange over New Zealand’s military intervention in the Solomon Islands
- Bush White House faces criminal investigation over Iraq smear campaign
- Bush ante las Naciones Unidas: un criminal de guerra sube al estrado
- California recall: socialist candidate campaigns on college campuses
- Economía mundial se expande, pero los déficits aumentan
- John Christopher Burton replies to letters on the death penalty, parole and the California prison system
- Liberia faced with continuing instability as UN agrees 15,000 troops
- Los gobiernos ponen freno a la investigación sobre células troncales
- New union contracts clear way for US automakers to cut 50,000 jobs
- Thailand sends troops to bolster US occupation of Iraq
- US poverty up sharply for second year in a row
2 October 2003
- Australian government launches new offensive against university staff and students
- Bush’s Postal Commission report: a blueprint for privatization
- California Governor Gray Davis and the politics of law and order
- Germany deports 50,000 immigrants a year
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As Washington readies “reconstruction”
Iraqis riot over unemployment, corruption - Johnny Cash: a timeless voice of country music
- Ontario Liberals preparing for power by shifting further right
- South Africa: report reveals dire conditions facing farm workers
- Spain: Thousands demonstrate against Iraq occupation
3 October 2003
- Baltic states vote reluctantly to join European Union
- Malaysian government detains opponents without trial for another two years
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One in six lacks health coverage
Number of US uninsured rises to 43.6 million in 2002 - The CIA leak case through the lens of the Wall Street Journal
- The John Christopher Burton campaign and the fight for socialist policies
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Whispering retreat
Lost in Translation, written and directed by Sofia Coppola - Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
- World Socialist Web Site Review: October 2003 issue now available
4 October 2003
- Britain: New inquest into police shooting of Harry Stanley
- California recall election: SEP candidate John Christopher Burton calls for “no” vote on Proposition 54
- Countdown to Poland’s entry into the European Union
- La campaña por la destitución del gobernador en California: candidato socialista visita universidades y escuelas secundarias
- Letters from our readers
- Pentagon calls up 10,000 National Guard for combat duty in Iraq
- WMD report: more proof Iraq war was based on lies
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
6 October 2003
- A modest proposal for colonialism
- Britain: Labour Party conference prostrate before Blair
- CIA-MI6 planned to assassinate Syrian leaders in 1957
- California recall election: media push for Schwarzenegger leaves Democrats in disarray
7 October 2003
- Air France/KLM merger heralds further rationalisations and job cuts
- SEP meeting addresses political issues facing workers in California recall election
- The bombing of Syria: a new eruption of US-Israeli aggression
- Thousands of poor expelled from Bangkok for APEC summit
- Thousands rally in New York for immigrant rights
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
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Speech to SEP meeting in Los Angeles
“The answer to the crisis is a socialist politicalmovement to fight for power”
8 October 2003
- Britain: Former minister Robin Cook says Blair lied over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction
- Britain: Report highlights widespread child poverty
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IBM “corporate mortality file”
Computer workers’ deaths linked to cancer-causing chemicals -
Guantanamo Bay detainee’s family speaks with WSWS
“Why isn’t the US military up on trial for terrorism?” - History, program and the “unity of the left”: an exchange of letters
- Is the US plotting to murder Venezuela’s president?
- New Zealand imprisons former Algerian parliamentarian as suspected “terrorist”
- Schröder, Bush and the “Agenda 2010”
- Socialist Equality candidate’s statement on recall of California governor: “Democratic debacle vindicates fight to build SEP as the socialist alternative”
9 October 2003
- A letter from Roger Ebert on Leni Riefenstahl
- Australia: Alarming decline in apprenticeship training
- Bush’s AIDS appointee spells out corporate agenda
- Germany: The Supreme Court headscarf ruling and the myth of religious “neutrality”
- Law students’ forum reviews Australia’s “shrinking democracy”
- Lessons of the Democratic debacle in California
- Letter from a reader
- The CIA leak inquiry and the politics of criminality
10 October 2003
- 17 deaths not included in the US military pneumonia investigation
- Letters from our readers
- More questions on the deaths and illnesses of American soldiers
- Portuguese government criticised for failure to tackle forest fires
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California recall results
Socialist Equality candidate John Burton wins 5,915 votes - Turkey sends troops to Iraq
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
11 October 2003
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Harmondsworth Detention Centre
Britain: Report documents brutality against asylum-seekers - Pennsylvania budget crisis threatens to bankrupt school districts
- Schröder’s “Agenda 2010” and his offensive against the German population
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Spain: Federico Garcia Lorca’s body to be exhumed
Victim of Franco’s Falangist militia -
One year after the Bali bombing
The Australian government and the “war on terrorism” - UN estimate for rebuilding Iraq half that of Bush’s—where’s the money going?
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
13 October 2003
- California supermarket chains mount strikebreaking drive against grocery workers
- Kucinich, Sharpton and the WSWS: letters and a reply
- Spain: Baltasar Garzón—the people’s judge as defender of the capitalist state
- UN agency warns of “anxious time” for world economy
- US pressure continues over value of Chinese currency
14 October 2003
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Declaración del candidato del partido Socialista por la Igualdad sobre la destitución del gobernador de California
"La debacle del Partido Demócrata reivindica la lucha para establecer al PSI como alternativa socialista" -
26 reported killed
Bolivian troops massacre strikers - Israel arms subs with nuclear weapons: an escalation of US-backed militarism
- Lecciones de la debacle en California
- More letters on Leni Riefenstahl
- Rome conference on EU constitution reveals intra-European conflicts
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Spain: Baltasar Garzón—The people’s judge as defender of the capitalist state
Part 2 -
Jim Cairns dead at 89
The rise and decline of an Australian Labor reformist -
The texture of life in a few instances
The American Effect: Global Perspectives on the United States 1990-2003, Whitney Museum of American Art - Workers Struggles: The Americas
15 October 2003
- Australia: Reshuffle underscores deepening pressure on Howard government
- Letters from our readers
- Mechanics’ strike shuts down mass transit in Los Angeles
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Bitter recriminations in Bush camp
Pat Robertson calls for nuking the State Department - Roger Sylvester: Jury rules London police unlawfully killed black man
- Sharon stirs up conflict in pursuit of Greater Israel policy
- US raises stakes over New Zealand’s foreign policy “differences”
16 October 2003
- Australian officials detain French student of African descent
- Britain: Blair was responsible for naming whistleblower Kelly
- Letters from US troops exposed as Pentagon fraud
- Political victimisation of SEP member in Sri Lanka
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A rare media exposure of Bush administration lies about Iraq
Television review: PBS’s Frontline, “Truth, War and Consequences” -
Vancouver International Film Festival—Part 1
Toward a painstaking analysis of what actually is - US army bulldozes Iraqi farms
17 October 2003
- 26 years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977)
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Nearly 90 killed by troops
Bush administration backs massacres in Bolivia - Former weapons inspector exposes “Big Lie” of Iraqi WMD
- John Christopher Burton, socialist candidate in California recall election, declares solidarity with supermarket and transit strikers
- Opposition builds in Western Australia to state Labor government health cuts
- The New York Times’s “liberal” argument for colonial occupation
- The social cost of Slovakia’s “investors paradise”
- UN report details Israel’s Human Rights abuses in Occupied Territories
- ¿Trama Estados Unidos el asesinato del presidente Venezolano?
18 October 2003
- As Bush lies, Iraq seethes against US occupation
- Bomb attack against US convoy in Gaza as US-Israeli aggression continues
- Strike wave envelops Greece
- UN vote on Iraq: Paris, Berlin and Moscow bow before Bush
- When baseball turns ugly—Chicago Cubs fan vilified following ballpark incident
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
20 October 2003
- Australia: Protesters face jail over Opera House antiwar slogan
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Vancouver International Film Festival—Part 2
Critical and intelligent voices, not squeezed lemons - Germany: Brandenburg intelligence service slanders the World Socialist Web Site
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A highly political decision
Indian deputy prime minister exonerated over destruction of Ayodhya mosque - Letters from our readers
- Unions isolate California supermarket strikers
21 October 2003
- Bolivia: Mass upheavals topple US-backed president
- Britain: Blair outlines punitive law-and-order campaign
- California: Schwarzenegger transition team reveals right-wing agenda
- China rejects US demands for currency float
- German government, opposition and employers propose drastic pension cuts
- Human rights group condemns Indonesia’s “hidden war” in Aceh
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
22 October 2003
- 26 años desde el asesinato de Tom Henehan (1951-1977)
- Canada: Food bank use continues to rise
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Germany: SEP publishing house at Frankfurt Book Fair
Arbeiterpresse Verlag presents Voronsky’s Art as the Cognition of Life - Los Angeles Times publishes letter from John Christopher Burton, SEP candidate in California recall election
- National strike closes universities across Australia
- Sri Lankan unions shut down health strike
- The WSWS and the California campaign of Peter Camejo: letters from the Green Party and a reply
- Two derailments on London Underground in 48 hours
- US Republican right defends religious zealot general
23 October 2003
- Australia: Howard government announces draconian new industrial legislation
- Britain: Planned disposal of defunct US ships poses environmental hazard
- German government fleeces pensioners and the unemployed
- Police spy uncovered in California peace group
- SEP candidate John Christopher Burton speaks with picketing supermarket workers in Los Angeles
- Sri Lankan government corporatises state rail network
- Washington warns EU over NATO unity
- White House bans news coverage of coffins returning from Iraq
24 October 2003
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Vancouver International Film Festival—Part 3
Art and the facts of daily life - British Columbia: Tens of thousands may be cut off welfare next April
- Deepening poverty and inequality in Northern Ireland
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Stars & Stripes poll reveals
Growing anger among US troops in Iraq - Hands off Iraq! Withdraw all US forces from the Middle East now! Build an antiwar movement based on the international working class!
- Masas bolivianas derrocan al presidente títere de Estados Unidos
- Sri Lankan government confronts growing opposition
- The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003: Republicans drum up support from religious right
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
25 October 2003
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State elections in Upper Austria and Tyrol
Austrian voters reject government’s attacks on welfare state - Britain awash with debt
- Child trafficking in eastern Europe: A trade in human misery
- Estados Unidos fuera de Irak! ¡Fuera todas las fuerzas militares estadounidenses del Oriente Medio! ¡Por un movimiento contra la guerra basado en la clase obrera internacional!
- How Sri Lanka’s “lefts” prop up the rightwing UNF government
- Letters from our readers
- Protests greet Bush in Australia
- Unprecedented security cocoon for Bush’s Australian visit
27 October 2003
- Anti-war protests in Canada
- Australian firms plunder Papua New Guinea
- Bush’s Madrid shakedown nets $13 billion in pledges
- Families of soldiers condemn Bush’s war
- Spain: Thousands protest outside Iraq donors’ conference
- Tens of thousands in Washington demand end to US occupation of Iraq
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
28 October 2003
- Israel steps up its war against the Palestinians
- Italy: 10-million-strong general strike protests pension cuts
- New York City teachers rally against attacks on education
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Criminalizing the victim
New York City: Children die in house fire, mother charged for being at work - Prolonged protest by unemployed Sri Lankan graduates
- Two interesting speeches by Australia’s new Governor-General
- US shaken by barrage of attacks from Iraqi resistance
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
29 October 2003
- 17,000 violent deaths in Detroit—the social meaning of a horrifying statistic
- Bush’s Philippines model for Iraqi “democracy”
- Democrats debate in Detroit: No alternative to Bush’s program of war and reaction
- Hunger deepens in the Northwest US
- Police murder French journalist in Ivory Coast
- The spectre of Diana returns to haunt Britain’s royals
- Tongan monarchy defies mass protests and tightens media controls
30 October 2003
- ASEAN’s problems on display at Bali summit
- Australia: Grieving families lead march against construction site deaths
- Azerbaijani presidential election fixed with the approval of Bush and Putin
- Britain: Labour expels antiwar MP Galloway
- Bush press conference: the bigger the crisis, the bigger the lies
- Casa Blanca prohíbe noticias acerca de ataúdes que regresan de Iraq
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Vancouver International Film Festival—Part 4
Groping their way toward power and wealth - Huge losses for Social Democrats in German state election
31 October 2003
- Florida Governor Jeb Bush intervenes in “right-to-die” case: A cruel pandering to the religious right
- Letters on “Criminalizing the victim—New York City: Children die in house fire, mother charged for being at work”
- Letters on “The WSWS and the California campaign of Peter Camejo: letters from the Green Party and a reply”
- Mahathir’s anti-Semitic comments: fallout from Washington’s “war on terrorism”
- US growth rate climbs, but economic problems remain
- US: Bush education proposals target community college students
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
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