August

U.S. vets, Koreans: End Korean War finally

Korean Americans at the Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle, Aug. 11, made an impassioned plea for solidarity with the embattled farmers of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, who are being evicted to make way for a vast expansion of a U.S. Army base on their land

Bush administration targets Cuban churches

Church leaders the world over have objected to a misleading reference to the Cuban Council of Churches that appeared in the July 10 report from the President Bush’s “Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba.”

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Spotlight reveals Bechtels nuclear tentacles

SAN FRANCISCO — Demonstrators around the country aimed a spotlight at one of the biggest U.S. corporations on Aug. 9, and what it revealed wasn’t a pretty sight.

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Cease-fire greeted warily in Lebanon

Writing from Lebanon’s capital on the eve of the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 1701, which calls for a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, Judith Le Blanc, co-chair of United for Peace and Justice, told friends and co-workers, “On day 29 of the war, Beirut is a blend of many realities.

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Veterans denounce Iraq war at U.S.-Canada Peace Arch

PEACE ARCH, U.S.-Canada Border — U.S. and Canadian war protesters gathered here Aug. 13 to applaud U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada to avoid duty in Iraq and to demand an end to the war and occupation.