Archive: January 2004
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 January 2004
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Black Hawk helicopters over Las Vegas, snipers in Times Square
2004 begins with massive military mobilization in US cities -
Conferencias celebran el 50 Aniversario de la fundación del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional
Los principios básicos de su fundación han sido confirmados -
Aliado de Bush al borde del precipicio
Escándalo de drogas estremece al gobierno de Gutiérrez en Ecuador - New York Times’ Safire predicts “major terror attack in the US” on eve of 2004 election
- Spain: Household poverty increases
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- World economy: No smooth path to growth in 2004
- Zimbabwe on the brink of collapse
5 January 2004
- Britain: Government steps up attacks on asylum seekers
- Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus and the Texan who would be king: Some legal observations
- Spain and Morocco agree to rail tunnel under Gibraltar strait
- Twenty-five percent increase in poverty in Michigan
- Washington calls for end to political standoff in Sri Lanka
6 January 2004
- A revealing episode: How Britain’s radicals lined up behind Ken Livingstone
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Iran earthquake death toll tops 30,000
Poor planning, shoddy construction contribute to catastrophe - Kissinger y la Argentina: como Estados Unidos apoya el terrorismo del estado
- Sri Lankan general on high-profile trip to India
- The Parmalat scandal: Europe’s ten-billion euro black hole
- Washington weighed military seizure of Arab oilfields in 1973
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
7 January 2004
- Blair in Basra: Iraq a “test case” for other countries
- Britain: Youth prison accused of abuses
- Carta a una revista española sobre el plagio del material del WSWS
- David Walsh escoge sus películas favoritas de 2003
- Letters on the “terrorism” alert and military mobilization in US
- Nearly half of New York City’s homeless are children
- New evidence of Indonesia’s war of repression in Aceh
- Not quite a serious work
- Revista/sitio española plagia gran cantidad de artículos del WSWS
- Spanish magazine/web site engaged in theft of WSWS material
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30 years of testing in Polynesian colony
Victims of French A-bomb tests demand compensation - WSWS letter to Spanish web site
8 January 2004
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Arkansas: Mentally ill inmate put to death
Medical “treatment” prepares execution - Israel: Brutal crackdown on anti-occupation activists
- New Zealand antiwar protester found guilty on flag-burning charge
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Deportations and the border regime
The deadly consequences of Germany’s refugee policy -
US-imposed “democracy” in Afghanistan
Loya jirga rubber-stamps autocratic regime - Union moves to strangle grocery workers’ struggle in Southern California
9 January 2004
- A few ounces of self-indulgence
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Exploitation and political cynicism
Bush unveils “bracero” program for immigrant workers - India: Tamil Nadu government continues witchhunt of strikers
- La expansión de la economía mundial no va a ser un jardín de rosas
- Mounting attacks on US-led troops in Iraq
- Some questions about the hunt for Al Qaeda in Spain
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
10 January 2004
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Piecemeal enactment of “Patriot II”
Bush administration expands police spying powers - Israel: Sharon reiterates threat to annex West Bank territory
- Letters from our readers
- US job growth virtually zero in December
- US withdraws Iraq weapon-hunters as WMD lies crumble
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
12 January 2004
- Georgian election worsens Russian-US tensions
- IMF delivers strong warning on growth of US debt
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Pilger punctures “war on terror” lies
Breaking the Silence, written and directed by John Pilger - Presidential hopeful Howard Dean speaks in Detroit: reformism without reforms
- World Health Report: Life expectancy falls in poorest countries
13 January 2004
- Change of government following elections in North Cyprus
- Former cabinet member: Bush pushed war with Iraq long before 9/11
- Iraq troop rotation plan: Pentagon prepares for next war
- Sri Lankan government fails to investigate deaths of migrant workers
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
14 January 2004
- Britain: Abortion rights under attack
- Eyewitness in Iran: Bam disaster threatens to ignite political powder keg
- Letters on US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
- Sanctions provoke deepening economic crisis in Burma
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In the runup to the Iowa Democratic caucuses
The “Stop Dean” campaign and the divisions in the American political establishment
15 January 2004
- Politics and reality in fiction
- Protests grow against US-led occupation of Iraq
- Protracted torture and abuse at UK “flagship” prison
- Spain: Ex-Army official claims responsibility for killing leading Basque separatist
- The New York Times whitewashes Bush’s lies about Iraq
- US consumer debt reaches record levels
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Australia:
Victorian Labor government unveils blueprint to further attack education
16 January 2004
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Alleged “people smuggler” jailed in Egypt
Australian government continues cover-up of refugee deaths - Britain: Train drivers union leader threatens mass sackings and union busting
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Armed “sky marshals” and fingerprinting foreign passengers
Bush imposes security crackdown on international travel - Letters on the movie Cold Mountain
- Letters on the social crisis in the US
- Sudan peace agreement paves way for increased oil production
- Washington Post defends Bush, Iraq war against Paul O’Neill’s exposures
17 January 2004
- Human rights groups: US may be guilty of “collective punishment” war crime in Iraq
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More of the big lie that “socialist realism” emerged from Soviet revolutionary art
Dream factory communism: the visual culture of the Stalin era—an exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt - Questions raised about the South African AIDS initiative
- Schwarzenegger budget to slash health and education in California
- US: Protesters jeer Bush in Atlanta on King’s birthday
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
19 January 2004
- Alan Bates (1934-2003)—a key figure in British drama
- Bush promises the Moon (and Mars) but offers only rhetoric
- Bush seeking Supreme Court precedents to dismantle democratic rights
- Pentagon lies exposed over killing of reporters in Baghdad
- Scientific triumph on Mars as Spirit lands and explores surface
- “Friend of court” applications denounce Guantanamo Bay detentions as illegal
20 January 2004
- Bush administration seeks UN aid as Iraqi political crisis mounts
- New Zealand Herald covers up reasons for sacking anti-Zionist cartoonist
- Portuguese president denies link to child abuse scandal
- Questions surround police shooting at Australian-operated Indonesian mine
- US forces kill 11 more civilians in Afghanistan
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
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New signs of discontent in the military
“Stop-loss” orders prevent soldiers from leaving US Army
21 January 2004
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A further attack on democratic rights
All US airline passengers to undergo government background checks - Britain prepares its own version of US Patriot Act
- Bush presenta programa 'bracero' para trabajadores inmigrantes
- Correspondence on Zimbabwe
- Explosion threatens gas supplies to two Australian states
- Fondo Monetario Internacional toca la alarma debido de la creciente deuda de Estados Unidos
- Former SS member faces trial for war crimes in the Netherlands
- Kerry, Edwards lead in first contest of Democratic presidential campaign
- Letters from our readers
22 January 2004
- Britain: Troops died in Iraq as a result of equipment shortages
- Bush’s State of the Union: Threats, lies and delusion
- Germany: Perfecting the system of rejecting refugees
- On the British and US response to the Bam earthquake
- Tropical cyclone devastates Pacific island of Niue
- US military chief calls for “staging post” base in Australia
23 January 2004
- Australian government stops doctors visiting Nauru detention camp
- Britain: Blair works to quash rebellion on university tuition fees
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Kodak axing up to 15,000
Bush touts pittance for worker training as job cuts mount - Israel: Workers’ struggles intensify despite Histadrut betrayal
- Italy: Court overturns Berlusconi’s immunity law
- Letters from our readers
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Tolkien’s magic diminished
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson - Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
24 January 2004
- Australian government seeks to cut off disabled pensioners
- Britain: Revelations on US spying compared to Pentagon Papers
- Call to investigate Britain for Iraq war crimes
- Canada-US agreement whitewashes Arar case
- Democrats bow to Bush on budget attacks
- Of people at sea
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
26 January 2004
- British Socialist Equality Party addresses students on Iraq war
- Japan stakes its claim to Iraqi oil and gas
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Beef industry, federal regulators long ignored warnings
Mad cow discovery punctures myth of US “firewall” against disease - Tall tales tell only part of the story
- US plans for a new Iraqi regime in disarray
27 January 2004
- Australia: State Labor government tries to find scapegoats for train disaster
- Israel: Sharon refuses to resign in face of corruption allegations
- Michael Moore enlists with General Clark: the pathetic—and predictable—logic of protest politics
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Socialist Equality Party announces US presidential campaign
Statement by the Socialist Equality Party - Turkey: Inflation decreases but wages still lag behind
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
28 January 2004
- Academy Award nominations: the globalization of mediocrity
- Australia: Camden Hospital nurse speaks out over inadequate healthcare
- Britain: Asylum seekers protest persecution
- Britain: Blair’s majority cut to five in vote on tuition fees
- Chief US inspector admits Iraq had no WMD stockpiles
- Letters from our readers
- Paris and Berlin consider military intervention in Iraq
- Will Vice President Cheney be indicted—and will the US media report it?
29 January 2004
- A revealing saga: New Zealand Maori MP faces charges over misuse of funds
- Blair’s 45-minute WMD claim refuted by Iraqi group that supplied the intelligence
- Britain: Hutton inquiry whitewashes Blair government over Iraq war
- India and Pakistan to pursue “composite dialogue”
- New Hampshire vote shows widespread antiwar, anti-Bush sentiment
- SEP public meeting to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the death of Keerthi Balasuriya
- Signs of more political instability in Fiji
30 January 2004
- Britain: More questions on Dr Kelly’s death as a confidante rejects suicide claim
- Bush y el Estado de la Nación: amenazas, mentiras y engaños
- Germany: New education standards—perfecting the system of social selection
- Hutton Inquiry: British media warns of a whitewash too far
- Institute of Medicine calls for universal health care in US
- Letters on “Hutton inquiry whitewashes Blair government over Iraq war”
- Oregon budget crisis leads to closure of three hospitals
- US military lawyer denounces Guantanamo Bay trials
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
31 January 2004
- A warning to California grocery workers: Trumka, AFL-CIO preparing final act in betrayal
- BBC’s Gilligan resigns after condemning the Hutton Inquiry and Blair government
- Catalan coalition seeks greater independence from Spain
- Democrats cover up for Bush lies on Iraq WMD
- New York Times calls for exclusion of Kucinich and Sharpton from debates
- Rising death toll undermines the White House’s rosy picture of Afghanistan
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
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