Today on the WSWS
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24 March 2008
News & Analysis
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US military deaths in Iraq reach 4,000
Eight US soldiers and dozens of Iraqis killed in weekend violence
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/iraq-m24.shtml
NY Times article questions official explanation of sex probe that forced New York governor to resign
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/sptz-m24.shtml
Young Guantánamo detainee details abuse
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/guan-m24.shtml
US steps in to prevent collapse of gas pipeline project
Nabucco pipeline bypasses Russia
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/pipe-m24.shtml
New Zealand economy sliding into recession
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/newz-m24.shtml
Arts Review
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Taxi to the Dark Side: Murder of young Afghan driver exposes US torture policies
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/dark-m24.shtml
“It was grueling subject matter and seemed unending”
Documentary producer Eva Orner speaks with WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/evao-m24.shtml
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La France conduit la force de l’UE à la frontière entre le Tchad et le Soudan
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/tcha-m24.shtml
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White House signals continued Iraq escalation as US death toll tops 4,000
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/iraq-m25.shtml
Detroit mayor charged on eight criminal counts
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/detr-m25.shtml
Former Australian prime minister feted by US Republican right
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/aei-m25.shtml
Strike against wage cutting completes first month
Pay for American Axle CEO rises to $10.2 million
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/axle-m25.shtml
Germany: Turkish youth dies in police custody
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/germ-m25.shtml
Britain: Labour makes massive cuts in higher education
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/hied-m25.shtml
New York's premier library to be renamed for billionaire Wall Street speculator
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/nypl-m25.shtml
SEP/ISSE Events
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Paris meeting commemorates the life and work of Keerthi Balasuriya
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/keer-m25.shtml
Sri Lankan ISSE meeting to demand release of jailed Iranian students
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/sril-m25.shtml
ISSE in US supports Sri Lankan demonstration
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/sri2-m25.shtml
ISSE meetings in US
Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis, and the 2008 elections
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/isse-m25.shtml
Workers Struggles
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/wkrs-m25.shtml
Arts Review
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The Kite Runner: the Afghan tragedy goes unexplained
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/kite-m25.shtml
Correspondence
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Letters from our readers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/corr-m25.shtml
New in French
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Canada: les libéraux appuient la guerre et la réaction sociale
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/libe-m25.shtml
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Cheney's tour of Middle East raises tensions with Iran
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/chen-m26.shtml
US Supreme Court rejects international law, ruling against Mexicans on death row
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/supr-m26.shtml
Iraqi regime launches assault on Basra
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/iraq-m26.shtml
Social inequality leads to gap in US life expectancy
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/life-m26.shtml
Brown government promotes patriotism and militarism
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/mili-m26.shtml
Home prices, consumer confidence plunge in US
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/econ-m26.shtml
The WSWS reports from the American Axle strike in Detroit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IbbgVXZBTQ&eurl
Ex-SLA member Sara Jane Olson returned to prison
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/olso-m26.shtml
Blackwater abandons plans for California training camp
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/blck-m26.shtml
Australia: Haneef inquiry seeks to "restore confidence" in terror laws
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/hane-m26.shtml
SEP/ISSE Events
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Canada: Kingston, Ontario, ISSE to show Tsar to Lenin
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/king-m26.shtml
Correspondence
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Letter from a Brazilian teacher
The same demands, on the other side of the world
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/braz-m26.shtml
New in German
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Iranisch-pakistanische Gespräche über Gaspipeline
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/pipe-m26.shtml
Eine oberflächliche Analyse des globalen Kapitalismus
Teil 1
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/naom-m26.shtml
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La Chine réprime les manifestations au Tibet
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/tibe-m26.shtml
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US-Pakistan ties fray, as Washington seeks to bully new government
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/paki-m27.shtml
$10 million for American Axle CEO
Richard Dauch and the aristocratic principle in America
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/dauc-m27.shtml
US: Hundreds of aging American Airlines planes grounded for inspection
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/aa-m27.shtml
The Kuomintang returns to power in Taiwan
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/taiw-m27.shtml
Washington again forecasts ruin for Medicare and Social Security
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/medi-m27.shtml
Boeing challenges refueling contract to Airbus
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/boei-m27.shtml
Australia: National Union of Students promotes illusions in new Labor government
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/nusa-m27.shtml
Britain: Police want children routinely put on DNA database
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/dna-m27.shtml
SEP/ISSE Events
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Canada: Kingston, Ontario, ISSE to show Tsar to Lenin
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/king-m26.shtml
Correspondence
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Letters from our readers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/corr-m27.shtml
New in German
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Zusammenstöße und Spannungen im Südirak
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/irak-m27.shtml
Eine oberflächliche Analyse des globalen Kapitalismus - Teil 2
Die Schock-Strategie: Der Aufstieg des Katastrophen-Kapitalismus, von Naomi Klein
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/naom-m27.shtml
New in French
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Réunion à Paris pour commémorer la vie et l’œuvre de Keerthi Balasuriya
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/keer-m27.shtml
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El bloqueo de China de un portaaviones de EE.UU. destaca las tensiones navales en el Pacífico
http://www.wsws.org/es/articles/2008/mar2008/span-m27.shtml
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A crise mundial do capitalismo e a busca pelo socialismo
Parte um
http://www.wsws.org/pt/2008/mar2008/port1-m27.shtml
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Iraqi government offensive in Basra threatens to trigger Shiite uprising
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/iraq-m28.shtml
US shipped fuses for nuclear-armed missiles to Taiwan
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/nuke-m28.shtml
Why the Clintons' profiting off near-slavery is not a campaign issue
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/clin-m28.shtml
WSWS reports from American Axle strike in Detroit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzugescnnr8&eurl
Strike wave continues in Greece
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/grek-m28.shtml
Ecuador: deepening crisis, floods trigger surge of inflation
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/ecua-m28.shtml
Australia: Federal and NT Labor governments expand punitive measures in Aboriginal communities
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/ntin-m28.shtml
Sri Lankan government deploys military to suppress striking television workers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/sril-m28.shtml
Workers Struggles
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Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/wkrs-m28.shtml
Arts Review
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More Funny Games from Michael Haneke
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/funn-m28.shtml
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Cheneys Besuch im Nahen Osten verschärft Spannungen mit Iran
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/chen-m28.shtml
Bürgermeisterwahl in London
Labours Neo-Konservative und die linken Verteidiger von Ken Livingstone
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/lon1-m28.shtml
Streikwelle in Griechenland hält an
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/grie-m28.shtml
Leserbrief zum "Zug der Erinnerung"
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/korr-m28.shtml
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Le nombre de militaires américains tués en Irak atteint 4000
Huit soldats américains et des dizaines d’Irakiens tués dans des violences au cours du week-end
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/mili-m28.shtml
Cheney au Moyen-Orient pour attiser les tensions avec l’Iran
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/chen-m28.shtml
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The sieges of Basra and Sadr City: another US war crime in Iraq
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/basr-m29.shtml
Presidential candidates speak on housing and credit crises
Clinton, Obama, McCain defer to Wall Street
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/cand-m29.shtml
Global food prices rise and famine increases
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/fami-m29.shtml
US: Death sentence postponed for Mumia Abu-Jamal
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/jama-m29.shtml
American Axle CEO Richard Dauch and the "right" of private property
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/comm-m29.shtml
American Axle strikers in Detroit respond to plant closing threats
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/strk-m29.shtml
India: Stalinist CPM's triennial meeting to reiterate support for Congress Party-led government
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/indi-m29.shtml
Philippine president accused of "treason" over Spratlys deal with China
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/phil-m29.shtml
US: Returning veterans face mounting joblessness and low wages
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/vets-m29.shtml
ISSE meeting at Wayne State University in Detroit
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Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis, and the 2008 elections
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/isse-m29.shtml
Workers Struggles
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/labo-m29.shtml
Arts Review
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Snow Angels: Unnecessarily slight insight into a dreary world
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/ange-m29.shtml
Correspondence
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Letters from our readers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/corr-m29.shtml
New in German
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Washington setzt neue pakistanische Regierung unter Druck
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/pak-m29.shtml
Sarkozy bemüht sich um französisch-britische Achse
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/mar2008/sark-m29.shtml
New in French
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Relations entre le Pakistan et les Etats-Unis fragilisées après la tentative américaine d’intimider le nouveau gouvernement pakistanais
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/mush-m29.shtml
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Repeated US air strikes in Basra and Baghdad
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/iraq-m31.shtml
Sarkozy strives to establish French-British axis
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/sark-m31.shtml
American Axle moves to hire strikebreakers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/axle-m31.shtml
Britain: As Basra burns, Iraq inquiry call supported by just 12 Labour MPs
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/inqu-m31.shtml
Charges dropped against third Marine in Haditha massacre case
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/hadi-m31.shtml
Behind the California nurses' strike: putting profits ahead of patient needs
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/caln-m31.shtml
Australia: Murdoch-sponsored conference outlines "new agenda" for Rudd government
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/conf-m31.shtml
SEP/ISSE Events
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ISSE meeting at Wayne State University in Detroit
Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis, and the 2008 elections
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/isse-m29.shtml
Arts Review
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Writer David Mamet: Man overboard
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/mame-m31.shtml
New in French
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Les prix immobiliers baissent et la confiance plonge aux Etats-Unis
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/mar08/immo-m31.shtml
New in Italian
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Italia: svolta a destra di tutti i partiti alla vigilia delle elezioni
http://www.wsws.org/it/2008/mar2008/ital-m31.shtml
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US-backed assault on Basra ends in humiliation for Maliki government
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/iraq-a01.shtml
US Treasury plan shields Wall Street speculators
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/paul-a01.shtml
Bush housing secretary resigns amid mounting corruption charges
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/jack-a01.shtml
Britain: Postal unions push through attack on pensions
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/post-a01.shtml
WSWS at American Axle picket line in Detroit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhX-udMRyM&eurl
Canada: By stealth, Ottawa seeks to censor film and television production
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/cana-a01.shtml
Governor's budget results in layoff notices for thousands of California teachers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/cali-a01.shtml
South Australian Labor government to slash payments to injured workers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/comp-a01.shtml
SEP/ISSE Events
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SEP-ISSE public meetings in Melbourne and Sydney
Shades of 1929: the global implications of the US banking collapse
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/meet-a01.shtml
Workers Struggles
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Workers struggles: The Americas
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/wkrs-a01.shtml
Correspondence
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Letters from our readers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/corr-a01.shtml
New in German
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Bürgermeisterwahl in London: Labours Neo-Konservative und die linken Verteidiger von Ken Livingstone
Teil 2
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/apr2008/lon2-a01.shtml
Frankreich: LCR Führer Bensaïd stellt Sozialistischer Partei Zusammenarbeit in Aussicht
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/apr2008/bens-a01.shtml
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Les cours mondiaux des denrées alimentaires augmentent et la famine s'étend
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/avr08/alim-a01.shtml
Canada: l’IEES présentera à nouveau Tsar to Lenin à Montréal
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/avr08/ttol-a01.shtml
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Sobe o preço dos alimentos e aumenta a fome em todo o mundo
http://www.wsws.org/pt/2008/apr2008/port-a01.shtml
A crise mundial do capitalismo e as perspectivas do socialismo
Parte Dois
http://www.wsws.org/pt/2008/apr2008/port2-a01.shtml
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Turkiye'de issizlik orani buyuk bir hizla artiyor
http://www.wsws.org/tr/2008/apr2008/turk-a01.shtml
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US, Germany clash over NATO expansion plan
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/nato-a02.shtml
Talks on power handover continue after Zimbabwe elections
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/zimb-a02.shtml
Turkey's chief prosecutor seeks to ban the ruling AKP
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/turk-a02.shtml
US food stamp use projected to swell to record levels
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/food-a02.shtml
Elect rank-and-file committees to oppose UAW sell-out
American Axle strike at the crossroads
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/aam-a02.shtml
Australia: SBS television's bogus debate on Northern Territory intervention
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/ntin-a02.shtml
Judge temporarily halts Australian terrorist trial over mistreatment of prisoners
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/bong-a02.shtml
Sri Lankan local polls: a travesty of democracy
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/sri-a02.shtml
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Die Kuomintang kehrt in Taiwan an die Macht zurück
http://www.wsws.org/de/2008/apr2008/taiw-a02.shtml
New in French
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Sarkozy s’efforce d’établir un axe franco-britannique
http://www.wsws.org/francais/News/2008/avr08/sark-a02.shtml