Archive: 11/2006
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.
November 1, 2006
- NATO forces carry out massacre of Afghan civilians
- Letters from our readers
- Election campaign reveals Democrats’ lurch to the right
- Two sedition prosecutions for criticising the Indonesian government
- Zionists seek to silence critics of US policy toward Israel
- London: Students protest huge hike in tuition fees
- Missile strike on Pakistani Islamic school slaughters 80
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Australia: a socialist alternative in the Victorian state election
Support the SEP campaign
November 2, 2006
- Coup threat in Fiji as confrontation between army and government intensifies
- The case of Murat Kurnaz: German complicity in US war crimes
- Relations between US and Iraqi government at breaking point
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Another five US coal mine deaths in October
Bush appoints mine safety head during Senate recess - SEP candidate Bill Van Auken to speak at NYC meeting Sunday
- Australian media seizes upon Muslim cleric’s comments to whip up xenophobia
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Vancouver International Film Festival 2006—Part 4
Political documentaries
November 3, 2006
- Britain: Blair government defeats calls for Iraq inquiry
- An exchange of letters on the Green Party
- The Kerry apology: Democrats cower before Bush and military
- Why is the New York Times covering up the torture of Jose Padilla?
- A sign of political crisis: coalition of Sri Lankan parties formed
- Australia: SEP candidate to speak at Victorian election meetings
- Australia: State Labor government slashes education funding for the most needy
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
November 4, 2006
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation adopts new “bias” rules
- SEP candidate Bill Van Auken rejects appearance on CNN’s Glenn Beck Program
- Arar “rendition” case: Canadian government accepts non-apology from Bush administration
- Wal-Mart opens its doors to state-run unions in China
- Deliver Us from Evil: Whose is the “most grievous fault”?
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The Democrats in the 2006 elections: the second party of reaction and war
Part one - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
November 6, 2006
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The Democrats in the 2006 elections: the second party of reaction and war
Part two - Saddam Hussein’s death sentence: a travesty of justice
- The slide into poverty—an increasing likelihood for workers in Detroit’s suburbs
- Papua New Guinea government threatens sanctions against Canberra
- Political crisis in Poland: the twists and turns of the Kaczynski government
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Dennett’s dangerous idea
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, by Daniel Dennett, Viking Adult, 2006, 464 pages, $26
November 7, 2006
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On the eve of the 2006 midterm election
US faces stepped-up war abroad, social conflict at home - Shanghai corruption scandal exposes crisis of China’s pension system
- Election Day 2006: The crisis facing American working people
- French government uses Marseille bus burning to step up state repression
- Saddam Hussein verdict: US politicians, media applaud the gallows and the noose
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SEP candidate opposes anti-democratic budget scheme
Reject Maine’s “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” - Protest against killing and abductions in Sri Lanka
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
November 8, 2006
- All the King’s Men and Man of the Year: Simply unserious
- Behind Lula’s reelection: Brazil’s crisis deepens
- Bill Clinton touts his millionaire status at pre-election rally in Detroit
- Letters from our readers
- US midterm elections: An overwhelming repudiation of the war in Iraq
- Letters on the socialist critique of the Green Party
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India: Vidarbha farmers face health disaster
A further indictment of the state of public health - As Hussein sentenced to death, US pushes to rehabilitate his functionaries
- The crisis of US imperialism in historical perspective
- Former German Chancellor Schröder’s right-wing offensive
- Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruling undermines basis for peace talks
November 9, 2006
- Australia: Media promotes vigilantism and “bush justice”
- Australian government provocations heighten political crisis in Fiji
- Germany’s role in illegal US “anti-terror” activities
- Half Nelson: the parts are greater than the whole
- Right-wing Popular Party attacks Spain’s leading judge
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SEP public lecture in Colombo:
New ruling coalition and the civil war in Sri Lanka - Rumsfeld’s firing: First casualty of post-election crisis in US
November 10, 2006
- The Bracks government and unions help Ford Australia axe jobs
- Israel carries out deliberate massacre in Gaza
- India: Court-directed campaign to seal “illegal” buildings in Delhi provokes social turmoil
- Italian government implicated in cover-up of US “rendition”
- Important vote for SEP candidates in US elections
- Sri Lankan military bombards refugee camp, killing dozens
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
November 11, 2006
- Australia: Anti-Muslim “terror plot” unravels
- France: airport workers fired in anti-Muslim campaign
- Letters on the US elections
- Democratic Party takes control of both houses of Congress
- US election: Referendum votes reveal social discontent
- Catch a Fire: A story of struggle against apartheid, but not the whole story
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Iraqi prime minister calls for Saddam Hussein to be hanged before year’s end
November 13, 2006
- Australian Fair Pay Commission makes a political decision on wage rates
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Grand coalition government submits White Paper
New role for German Army - Greece: Sellout of teachers’ strike paves way for massive government attacks
- Israel: Olmert brings Lieberman’s far-right party into government
- Sri Lankan SEP renews demand for action against killers of Sivapragasam Mariyadas
- USA Today: A political outlook emerging amongst artists
November 14, 2006
- The quagmire deepens in Afghanistan
- Germany: New Berlin senate intensifies austerity course
- Australia: Bracks government—a “common agenda” with Howard
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War, social inequality and the crisis of American democracy
Part One - India: Stop the state murder of Mohammed Afzal
- Washington debate sets stage for escalation of violence in Iraq
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
November 15, 2006
- China steps up trade and investment in Africa
- US election result reverberates in Australia
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War, social inequality and the crisis of American democracy
Part Two - European reaction to Bush’s election defeat: increasing militarism
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Pell Grants cut, tuition fees rise
US: Higher education costs increase for the most needy - High-profile Tamil parliamentarian murdered in Sri Lanka
- Britain: New terror warnings issued to justify policies of war and repression
November 16, 2006
- Britain: Blair advises policy shift in Middle East
- Bangladesh convulsed by protests over coming election
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SEP campaign in Victorian election
Australia: workers and young people speak out on jobs and the Iraq war - US soldier pleads guilty to rape and murder in Iraq
- Mexican government steps up repression in Oaxaca
- Thai military attempts to contain opposition to coup regime
- After the US elections: Renewed pro-war consensus emerges in Washington
November 17, 2006
- Letters from our readers
- Supreme Court inaugurates new term with reactionary death penalty ruling
- US hearings on Iraq set course for intensified conflict
- Michigan: Mentally ill inmate dies after five days of abuse
- Thousands protest in Colombo against killing of Tamil MP
- Workers’ Struggles: Europe and Africa
November 18, 2006
- Spain: Popular Party attempts to wreck ETA ceasefire
- France: Socialist Party chooses a Blairite presidential candidate
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Victorian state election
Australian Greens pitch election campaign to political and media establishment - Giuliani prepares US presidential bid—a new phase in 9/11 mythmaking
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Civil rights groups file war crimes complaint in Germany against top US officials
November 20, 2006
- Letters on the US elections
- Democrats seek accommodation with Bush administration to continue Iraq occupation
- Britain: Farepak collapse ruins Christmas for tens of thousands
- An exchange on Stalinism with a South African reader
- UN envoy accuses Sri Lankan military of helping recruit child soldiers
- Australia: Bracks and the “war on terror”
November 21, 2006
- Democrat Congressman calls for reinstating the draft
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Victorian election
Will Marshall exposes Labor and Greens at Broadmeadows election forum - Milton Friedman 1912-2006: “Free market” architect of social reaction
- Goodyear strike in North America enters seventh week
- Ireland: “Bertiegate” corruption allegations against Taoiseach Ahern
- California: UCLA student victim of police brutality
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Another Pacific intervention:
Australia, New Zealand dispatch troops to Tonga - Workers Struggles: The Americas
November 22, 2006
- UK military faces recruitment and retention crisis
- Workers speak out against sackings at Ford Australia
- Australia: Labor Party and unions stifle opposition to Ford job cuts
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A terrible consequence of social polarisation and militarism
School shooting and suicide in Germany - Sectarian rifts in Iraqi government intensify
- Bush appoints “choose life” conservative to head family-planning programs
- Canberra maintains aggressive stance toward Solomon Islands government
November 23, 2006
- American filmmaker Robert Altman dead at 81
- Bush’s visit to Asia dogged by US disaster in Iraq
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In the name of the “fight against crime”
Canada’s Conservative government increases state’s repressive powers - Australia: Socialist Equality Party holds successful election meeting in Broadmeadows
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Without evidence or logic
Bush administration and US media blame Syria for Gemayel assassination -
Victorian election:
A socialist answer to war, environmental disaster and social inequality - Strike and occupation at Volkswagen works in Belgium
November 24, 2006
- Britain: Blair’s overseas diplomacy highlights military crisis in Afghanistan
- Australia: Labor makes cynical promise on public education in Victorian election
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Germany: Election Alternative prepares for merger with Left Party
An exemplary case of political opportunism - UN report documents huge October death toll in Iraq
- WSWS correspondent to address international conference on the Spanish Civil War
- Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette: Not even cake?
- The New York Times and the Gemayel assassination
- Victorian election: Vote for Will Marshall and the SEP in Broadmeadows
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
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Germany: Election Alternative prepares for merger with Left Party
An exemplary case of political opportunism
November 25, 2006
- Canada: Ruling in O’Neill case underlines threat to democratic rights
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Profit over the environment
Who Killed the Electric Car?, written and directed by Chris Paine - Australian High Court sanctions wholesale assault on working conditions
- More than 200 dead in Baghdad’s deadliest day of bombings
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Polish mining disaster claims 23 lives
- Sri Lankan Attorney General replies on SEP supporter’s murder
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Belgian Volkswagen factory occupied
“It is high time to wake up and become political” -
Support the struggle of Volkswagen workers in Brussels!
Set up defense committees independently of the works council and trade unions!
November 27, 2006
- A riot in China over deteriorating public health care
- Letters from our readers
- Victorian election: Labor government returned to power with big business and media backing
- European powers seek to benefit from Bush’s Middle East setbacks
- German parliament extends participation in the “war on terror”
- Lebanese regime approves US-backed tribunal directed against Syria
November 28, 2006
- Letters on filmmaker Robert Altman
- British Airways and the Christian cross controversy
- China woos India to parry US containment strategy
- Nominee for US defense secretary advocated bombing of Nicaragua
- New York police kill unarmed man, wound two others
- What the New York Times has learned from Iraq
- An appreciation of jazz singer Anita O’Day, 1919-2006
- Australia: SEP campaign wins support in Victorian state election
- SEP public lecture in Colombo: new SLFP-UNP coalition to expand civil war
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
November 29, 2006
- Borat: Whose pie and whose face?
- Demise of US rail system highlighted by DC-area bridge fault
- Canberra prepares for possible military intervention in Fiji
- US Senate endorses Bush’s nuclear accord with India
- Australia: Union protests provide no way forward against industrial relations laws
- Bush visits Middle East to intensify Iraq war
- Berlin panel discussion on Kosovo: Marxism vs. nationalism
November 30, 2006
- New York City mayor seeks to quell outrage over police slaying
- For Your Consideration: A disappointing effort
- Letters from our readers
- Bush to deliver ultimatum to Iraqi prime minister at Jordan summit
- International report documents repression in Indian-controlled Kashmir
- Nicaraguan election: Ortega’s victory and the dead-end of Sandinismo
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Australia: Police report reveals real instigators of Cronulla race riots
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