News
A rogue White House
March 29, 2002A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of nuclear war. Does this sound like rhetorical exaggeration? Perhaps, but the leaking of the Nuclear Posture Review offers a sobering glimpse into the Dr. Strangelove mentality...
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Letters
March 29, 2002Mainstream ideas “The world economy today is a huge casino.” So spoke Fidel Castro in remarks to the International Conference of Financing for Development just held in Mexico. But, in order to accomodate President Bush’s imperial...
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Editorials
March 29, 2002Bush’s war on poor George W. Bush lectured the world on poverty in his speech to a U.N. conference in Mexico but he ignored the rising poverty in his own backyard. It’s not a coincidence. The...
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Honor César Chávez
March 29, 2002WHEREAS: César Chávez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America, was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, leading a five- year boycott of grapes, which led to the first union contracts for farm...
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Jews, Muslims, Christians: Palestine peace
March 29, 2002WASHINGTON – Peace and faith organizations – Jewish, Christian and Muslim – alarmed that the Palestinian-Israeli death toll is surging during this high holy season – are calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands and...
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