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Americans say NO to preemptive war

April 1, 2003

WASHINGTON – Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) told a protest rally in San Francisco a few weeks ago that George W. Bush has “awakened a sleeping giant,” the worldwide movement to stop his doctrine of unilateral, preemptive...

Vets tell Bush: Bring troops home

March 29, 2003

WASHINGTON – Behind a banner that read, “Bring The Troops Home Now,” and carrying upside down American flags as a signal of distress, war veterans and families of active duty soldiers marched on the White House...

A celebrity, but first a citizen

March 28, 2003 By Ken Lawrence

Opinion I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

War and anti-war in rural Pennsylvania

March 28, 2003

Opinion Carrying on anti-war activity in this very white, very conservative enclave in rural Penn’s Valley, Penn., is remarkably different from what I have experienced before – more than a decade of activism in Chicago, and...

Casualties of war first truth, then conscience

March 28, 2003

Opinion The national media echo chamber is not receptive to conscience. On television, the voices are usually loud and facile. People often seem to be shouting. In contrast, the human conscience is close to a whisper....