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Israeli public opinion: Something has changed

February 1, 2002

TEL AVIV – Awareness is growing among the Israeli public about the serious dangers caused by Sharon’s policies and actions against the Palestinians, and new opposition to it can be seen. The media are increasingly reporting...

Students oppose tuition hikes

February 1, 2002

CHICAGO – Deep funding cuts aimed at solving the Illinois state budget crisis will wallop students in the University of Illinois (U of I) system. Republican Gov. George Ryan has cut $34 million in funds allocated...

Break the silence on civilian deaths

February 1, 2002

The capitalist press has been shy about revealing the toll the “War on Terrorism” has exacted on the innocent in Afghanistan. Those residing in the U.S. are not being told about the devastation that U.S. bombs...

Infinite justification

February 1, 2002

President Bush has declared that he is fighting a “war against terrorism,” and this war, different from any the U.S. has fought before, will go on for an undefined, unspecified, but protracted length of time. At...

Subsidies are todays key farm issue

February 1, 2002 By Brenda Crawford-Clark

Just when the Republican majority of the House had approved farm subsidies for the next 10 years and the Democrat-controlled Senate, with the support of some Republicans, stood ready to enact subsidies for the next five...