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Military families in Iraq on peace mission

December 5, 2003

U.S. military families, along with veterans, undertook an unprecedented mission this week. They traveled to Iraq as part of a seven-day tour of duty for peace. Unlike President Bush who spent two hours on Thanksgiving Day...

Bushs divine mission?

November 27, 2003

Opinion U.S. capitalism is in the grips of a profound crisis. To address this crisis the Bush administration is engaged in a radical project that can legitimately be labeled “messianic imperialism.” The project plays to a...

African Americans in peril under the Patriot Act

November 27, 2003

Opinion Myths about the Patriot Act and how it affects the Black community are downright deadly. A potent myth is that the Patriot Act only affects a tiny number of Arabs and Muslims who were rounded...

An outbreak of sanity

November 27, 2003

Opinion MoveOn.org, sponsor of a recent speech by Al Gore, and recipient of a $5 million contribution from billionaire George Soros, is reaping the benefits of a developing split in the ruling class. Soros, a Hungarian...

Vietnam today

November 27, 2003

In October, Chicagoans Beatrice Lumpkin and her husband Frank, the chairman of the Wisconsin Steelworkers Save Our Jobs Committee, traveled to Vietnam for two weeks. Here are some of Beatrice’s travel notes. Hanoi. We learn it...