Archive: November 2009
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.
2 November 2009 (front page)
- Pakistanis challenge Clinton over drone attacks, US bullying
- Afghanistan election debacle deepens as Abdullah pulls out of runoff
- FBI has 400,000 people on terrorism “watch list”
- Germany: Trial opens of former SS member Heinrich Boere
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WSWS speaks with physician on state of health care in America
“People’s needs go unmet—it’s just inexcusable” - Australian government’s “Indonesian Solution” in disarray
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Democratic governor signs budget law
Michigan makes drastic cuts to education, social spending - The “No” vote at Ford
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European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II
“It was industrialised slaughter on an unimaginable scale” - Australian imperialism, the 1999 East Timor intervention and the pseudo-left
3 November 2009 (front page)
- Afghan election farce ends, escalation to begin
- The meaning of Europe’s “step change” in Afghanistan
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After workers defeat concessions demand
Ford reports $1 billion in third quarter profits -
Anxious to thwart cross-border struggle
CAW rams through concessions at Ford Canada - “Pressure politics” at Sydney protest over asylum seekers
- Australian government’s industrial “cop” prosecutes union over Qantas strikes
- Britain: Network Rail threatens mass sackings
- New Feature: This Week in History
- US business lender CIT files for bankruptcy
- A socialist perspective for public sector workers in Sri Lanka
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The “Hegel renaissance” and other questions: Part 1
A comment on The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy - The postwar novelist in regression: Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- A letter on debt and debt collectors
4 November 2009 (front page)
- Workers’ wages to fall further, International Labour Organization warns
- Australia: Latest refugee deaths—the Rudd government’s SIEV X
- Japan’s new government seeks to refashion US alliance
- FBI knew of CIA torture, considered prosecution
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US executives’ pensions soar in value
More Americans have to work past 65 - Julian Moti defence counsel attacks Australian government’s “politically driven prosecution”
- Scotland: Growing calls for tuition fees as universities face funding crisis
- Michigan woman dies after Medicaid dental care is cut
- One year since the election of Barack Obama
- Transit workers strike in Philadelphia
- Video: Ford workers speak on contract rejection
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The “Hegel renaissance” and other questions: Part 2
A comment on The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy -
European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II
Whole families were forced into exile due to their anti-Nazism
5 November 2009 (front page)
- Virginia, New Jersey elections: A blow to Obama and the Democrats
- Hillary Clinton gives Obama’s Middle East game away
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The Opel-Magna fraud
A betrayal of GM employees in Europe -
German chancellor at US Congress
Merkel pledges support for Obama administration foreign policy - Sri Lankan government resettles Tamil detainees in prison-like conditions
- Unanswered questions in FBI killing of Detroit Mosque leader
- Britain: Reports state CIA “extraordinary rendition” flights landed in UK
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Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 1
Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy! Build workers’ councils in East Germany! -
ISSE meeting in Canada
70 years since the outbreak of World War II—Lessons and Warnings -
SEP/ISSE meeting in Colombo
Seventy years since World War II: lessons and warnings - Sri Lankan public meeting: Lessons of the plantation workers’ struggle
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The “Hegel renaissance” and other questions
A comment on The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy - Jane Campion’s Bright Star: The story of John Keats and Fanny Brawne
- Letters from our readers
6 November 2009 (front page)
- Julian Moti case: Enormous sums paid by Australian police to alleged victim’s family
- US Army major kills 12 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Italian court convicts US agents in CIA rendition case
- The US government’s double standard on extradition: CIA agents vs. Roman Polanski
- Australian Labor “left” bestows medal on General Petraeus
- Documents reveal SEC complicity in Madoff Ponzi scheme
- Wall Street bonuses to rise by 40 percent
- Britain: Labour government sacks chief drugs adviser
- The political-financial scandals in France
- End the persecution of Tamil asylum seekers by Sri Lankan and Australian governments
- Philadelphia transit worker killed as SEPTA strike enters third day
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
- Music Review: The Monsters of Folk
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Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 2
Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy! Build workers’ councils in East Germany!
7 November 2009 (front page)
- US unemployment rate surges to highest level in 26 years
- Mass shooting at Fort Hood: collateral damage from Iraq and Afghanistan wars
- After troop deaths, British establishment rallies behind Afghan war
- Wall Street banks go to the front of the line for H1N1 shots
- Germany military welcomes new defence minister
- Opel workers in Germany protest threatened mass redundancies
- The Clearstream trial: a conflict in the French bourgeoisie
- France: The affairs the Clearstream trial aims to suppress
- Fiji expels Australian and New Zealand diplomats
- Unanswered questions over Australian offshore oil spill
- Student protests in Austria
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Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Christian Democrats celebrate Kohl, Bush and Gorbachev -
Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 3
Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy!Build workers’ councils in East Germany! - Australia: Qantas aircraft engineers vote for industrial action
- Fire Brigades Union capitulates to South Yorkshire management
- Britain: Communication Workers Union sabotages postal strike
- Letters from our readers
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
9 November 2009 (front page)
- Obama will send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan
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US House passes health care bill
Democrats agree to broad anti-abortion amendment - Honduras: Republicans praise Obama for “reversing” policy
- British government mounts world’s largest bank bailout
- Quebec’s Liberal government to impose draconian spending cuts, fee hikes
- Sri Lanka’s top general emerges as possible presidential candidate
- Tamil asylum-seekers reject Australian government demands
- Video: Thousands line up for Swine Flu vaccine in Michigan
- Canada: Chaotic response to swine flu pandemic highlights government indifference
- The fall of the Berlin Wall
- This Week in History: November 9-15
- A letter and reply on Theodor Adorno
- The Ford vote and the UAW’s defenders
10 November 2009 (front page)
- Speculative recovery sows seeds of an even greater economic crash
- Obama’s attack on abortion rights
- Ratification of Lisbon Treaty provokes crisis for Britain’s Conservatives
- Sri Lankan government attempts to dupe voters by delaying budget
- US appellate court blocks lawsuit against extraordinary rendition and torture
- Germany: The Left Party in power implements massive job cuts
- Australia: Julian Moti defence closing submission outlines “oppressive and unfair” prosecution
- California’s Gov. Schwarzenegger backs new tax breaks for the rich
- US: Experts warn of dementia risks from football injuries
- The 2009 elections: the two parties of the billionaires
- Transit workers end strike in Philadelphia
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Making the “voice of the people” heard again: 70 years of Topic Records
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Now available from Mehring Books
The Part Played by Labor in the Transition from Ape to Man - Letters from our readers
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ISSE meetings in Britain
End the war in Afghanistan
No to wars of colonial conquest!
11 November 2009 (front page)
- Obama exploits Fort Hood massacre to promote US wars
- The execution of John Muhammad: another gruesome moment in America
- The plunder of Iraq’s oil
- Sri Lankan police forcibly drown a young Tamil man
- France: Former president Jacques Chirac to stand trial for corruption
- Australia’s “rock solid” banks: the financial crisis one year on
- Lockerbie: Human rights lawyer states Megrahi was framed
- California finances plummet less than three months after budget passage
- In The Service of Historical Falsification: A Review of Robert Service's Trotsky
- Mehring Verlag publishing house presents its redesigned web site
- London postal workers condemn strike sell-out by Communication Workers Union
- Mt. Clemens, Michigan school bus drivers strike
- Not enough information: The Informant! directed by Steven Soderbergh
12 November 2009 (front page)
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One million jobs at risk
Ten US states face budget disaster - Obama and the jobs crisis
- German defence minister defends Kunduz massacre
- BBC poll shows widespread disaffection with capitalism
- Naval clash between two Koreas as Obama heads to Asia
- Right-wing campaign against Brown to ensure Afghan escalation
- New Japanese government under pressure to slash social spending
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Schools “pushed toward the edge of a cliff”
Educators discuss impact of Michigan cuts -
Public Meeting in London
Historians in the service of the Big Lie - Australian Pabloites prepare NPA-style dissolution
- Letters on the shooting at Fort Hood
13 November 2009 (front page)
- US-China tensions overshadow Obama’s trip to Asia
- Abbas threatens resignation and collapse of the Palestinian Authority
- Former US diplomat Peter Galbraith grabs hundreds of millions in Iraqi oil money
- Almost 200 million children undernourished in poor countries
- Obama announces fraudulent “jobs” summit
- Australia-Sri Lanka deal for joint crackdown on Tamil asylum seekers
- Trial by media in Australian terrorism case
- US, British media transform tragedies into war propaganda
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
- Veterans Day 2009: a letter
14 November 2009 (front page)
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After years of detention and torture
Ten Guantánamo prisoners to face US trial - Opel, General Motors and German-American relations
- As vaccination shortage continues, US swine flu deaths mount
- Foreclosures rise, consumer sentiment falls in US
- Germany: Chancellor Merkel follows the lead of employers and the FDP
- Iraqi election law passed after protracted delay
- Attendees complain of lack of real jobs at fair
- Detroit job fair draws thousands
- India: Union calls off militant Rico strike
- Britain: Socialist Workers Party colludes in postal strike sellout
- Sri Lanka: “Independent” public sector unions kowtow to Rajapakse
- Letters from our readers
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
15 November 2009 (front page)
16 November 2009 (front page)
- Obama seeks to boost US influence in Asia
- US House health care bill would slash Medicare services
- China continues its aggressive pursuit of Africa’s resources
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Britain: The Cambridge review
A damning refutation of Labour’s education lies - Thai-Cambodian tensions escalate over Thaksin appointment
- New Zealand university administration calls police on protestors
- German Social Democrats invoke failed and abandoned reformist program
- This Week in History: November 16-22
17 November 2009 (front page)
- A record 49 million Americans faced hunger in 2008
- Once again: The New York Times and Obama’s attack on health care
- Washington’s crisis over Afghanistan deepens
- Wave of bombings hits Pakistan’s north west
- Food Summit in Rome presents “watered down” goals
- Sharp rise in birth defects in Iraqi city destroyed by US military
- Credit ratings agency gives verdict on British economy
- Courtroom murderer sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Germany
- Solomon Islands: parliamentary report rubberstamps Australian-led RAMSI intervention force
- For an independent working class movement to defend education
- Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting on lessons of World War II
- Moon experiment shows presence of water
- Illinois teaching and research assistants strike
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Letters on Robert Service’s Trotsky
18 November 2009 (front page)
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US government mammogram recommendations
Denial of breast cancer screenings will have deadly consequences - The US-China summit highlights sharp schisms
- UN abandons hunger reduction target
- US bailout inspector general faults windfall for AIG’s creditors
- US-occupied Iraq, Afghanistan among world’s most corrupt countries
- Sri Lankan president invokes emergency powers against workers
- Student protests continue in Austria
- US workplace injuries underreported, study shows
- Indonesian police shoot two refugees trying to reach Australia
- Single mother arrested for refusing deployment to Afghanistan
- Obama blocks climate change agreement
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Nick Beams delivers lecture in Sydney and Melbourne
World War Two: Lessons and Warnings - An evaluation of Roman Polanski as an artist—Part 1
- Myths and legends about World War II exposed at Australian SEP public meetings
19 November 2009 (front page)
- As US debt tops $12 trillion, Obama calls for austerity
- Cancer and class
- Huge contradictions behind China’s stimulus-driven recovery
- Students and school pupils protest across Germany
- Rising Indian influence in Afghanistan worries US and Pakistan
- Top Sri Lankan general touted as presidential candidate
- Sweden: Further delays in Koenigsegg takeover of Saab
- Romania: Presidential elections at a time of crisis
- The NPA and France’s political-financial scandals
- Goldman’s mea culpa
- Considering Norman Mailer and his work: a letter
- An evaluation of Roman Polanski as an artist—Part 2
- Letters from our readers
20 November 2009 (front page)
- Karzai inaugurated amid state of siege in Kabul
- Obama’s China trip
- Obama warns of new sanctions against Iran
- US home foreclosures at record high as jobs crisis deepens
- US prepares contingency plans to seize Pakistani nuclear triggers
- Saudi Arabia bombards Yemeni rebels in policing role for US imperialism
- Canada complicit in torture of hundreds of Afghan detainees
- Australia: Defiant stand by Oceanic Viking refugees triggers political crisis
- Germany: Union agrees to wage cuts and store closures at Karstadt
- California students protest massive fee hike
- Michigan job seekers speak to WSWS
- An evaluation of Roman Polanski as an artist
- Aesthetic choices: Aleksandr Sokurov’s The Sun
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Public meeting in Leipzig, Germany
Twenty years since the fall of the wall—from Stalinism to capitalism - Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
21 November 2009 (front page)
- Obama leaves Asia empty-handed
- European Union selects president and foreign minister
- University protests continue in California
- German government plans sweeping social attacks
- Civil liberties attorney Lynne Stewart ordered to prison
- New York City homeless population at an all-time high
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Interviews with homeless families in New York City
“There is no safe haven from the crisis” - Obama’s public education race to the bottom
- Why are women being told to forgo cervical cancer screenings?
- Royal Mail strike: Britain’s Socialist Party defends union capitulation
- New fashions in Canadian politics: Guide for immigrants promotes the monarchy and the military
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A conversation with organizers of the Toronto film festival protest
The issues around the spotlight on Tel Aviv - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Letters from our readers
23 November 2009 (front page)
- Civil war spreads across north west Pakistan
- This week in history: November 23-29
- US Senate votes to open debate on cost-cutting health care plan
- Unemployment rises in 29 US states
- Britain: Brown and Miliband seek in vain to regain support for Afghan war
- British government rejects inquiry into new allegations of Iraq abuses
- Chinese mine explosion kills more than 100
- EU appointments reflect growth of national conflicts in Europe
- Sri Lanka: SEP/Balmoral Action Committee hold plantation workers meeting
- Egypt hit by wave of strikes and protests
- Australia: Engineers place bans, defying Qantas intimidation
24 November 2009 (front page)
- Four more US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- Once again: Obama and the jobs crisis
- Deepening economic crisis in Eastern Europe
- Australian Labor’s refugee detention regime triggers Christmas Island riot
- Britain: Oppose the closure of Abbeydale Grange! Defend public education for all!
- Parents, pupils speak out over Abbeydale Grange closure
- Demonstration against closure of Abbeydale Grange School
- Hundreds of students rally against budget cuts in Detroit
- Double-digit unemployment fuels growing social crisis in Oregon
- For a working class movement to defend higher education!
- Where the Wild Things Are—a thoughtful, sensitive look at childhood
- Australia: The second anniversary of the Rudd Labor government: appearance and reality
- Letters from our readers
- New Zealand bus drivers reject union-backed pay deal
25 November 2009 (front page)
- Obama to announce Afghanistan surge of over 30,000
- China’s mine deaths: The brutal face of global capitalism
- India: Inquiry finds BJP and RSS responsible for 1992 pogrom
- France: Teachers and students mobilise to defend education
- Britain: Labour government sets out its election manifesto
- Russia: Economic crisis fuels differences within Kremlin
- Another Indonesian ferry disaster claims dozens of lives
- Politicians, media strive to contain student protests in Austria and Germany
- Ireland: 300,000 public service workers strike
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
26 November 2009 (front page)
- British documents detail US and UK plans for Iraq war
- Iraq occupation beset by constant tensions between US and UK
- German politicians, media warn about the next global financial crisis
- In guise of reform, Democrats further weaken financial regulation
- Sri Lankan government calls early presidential poll
- Australia: Bipartisan carbon trading deal transfers $6 billion from households to corporate polluters
- US: Michigan school districts in turmoil over education cuts
- The Palestinians and the perspective of Permanent Revolution
- The Men Who Stare at Goats: US military goes for the paranormal
- Letters from our readers
27 November 2009 (front page)
- AfPak War and geo-political tensions cast long shadow over Indo-US summit
- Europe backs Afghanistan strategy aimed at “regionalization”
- Sri Lankan government announces “release” of Tamil detainees
- Britain: Family of Jean Charles de Menezes forced to accept derisory compensation award
- Washington endorses gunpoint election in Honduras
- Deepening economic crisis in eastern Europe
- US: Massachusetts public sector unions agree to contract concessions
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So as to lay the ground for a counter-insurgency offensive
Manmohan Singh admits Indian state has failed tribal peoples - Corruption scandal creates major crisis for Indonesian president
- Thousands of students demonstrate in Leipzig
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
28 November 2009 (front page)
- Dubai’s $59 billion default sends tremor through global financial system
- US food charities overwhelmed by demand
- Australia: Carbon trading legislation triggers Liberal party “meltdown”
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Held in Swiss jail for two months
Film director Roman Polanski to be freed on bail - Obama administration continues Bush policy on land mines
- A grim journey through Sri Lanka’s war zone
- Sweden: Koenigsegg pulls out of Saab deal
- Abstention and fraud mark first round of Romanian elections
- New York: Wall Street profits soar, education and health care face the ax
- US imperialism, 9/11 and the Iraq war
- GM Europe announces 9,000 job cuts
- International Paper shuts three mills, laying off 1,600 workers
- Vincere—the tragic life of Ida Dalser, Mussolini’s first wife
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 November 2009 (front page)
- German government crisis over Kunduz massacre
- ISSE shows historic film Tsar to Lenin
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Food stamp usage at record levels
America the hungry - US pushes through IAEA censure of Iran’s nuclear programs
- Asia’s asset bubbles fuel global financial instability
- Bank of England made secret £62 billion loans to bankrupt banks
- Revised Iraqi election law alienates Sunni minority
- What does Iceland’s “national assembly” represent?
- Uruguay: On the first-round victory of the Frente Amplio
- This week in history: November 30-December 6
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