World

Protests get Cuban 5 out of the hole

April 4, 2003

Statement by the Cuban National Assembly As a result of numerous messages of protest, the U.S. government decided to put an end to the solitary confinement that it had imposed to Gerardo Hernández, René González, Ramón...

War in Iraq takes horrifying toll

April 4, 2003 By Susan Webb

As the war in Iraq entered its third week, reports of casualties show the mounting physical and psychological toll on the Iraqi people and on U.S. soldiers as well.

Irish leader tells of post-9/11 nightmare

April 3, 2003

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is a legendary figure in Irish and British politics. She is a hero of the jobless in Northern Ireland. McAliskey became a member of British Parliament at age 21, the youngest person ever...

Iraq war forces Indian workers home

April 3, 2003

TRIVANDRUM, India – Airports all over India are now overflowing with workers returning from the Middle East. Every day thousands of Indians are coming back, leaving their life-long earnings and their dreams of a better life...

Profiting from a liberated Iraq

March 28, 2003

While U.S. war aims are couched in terms of “liberating” Iraq, the Bush administration is already divvying up the spoils of war. Long before troops moved into Iraq – even before Bush put forward his 48-hour...