Peace – Page 264 – People's World

War, economy fueling 2004 presidential race

March 21, 2003 By Susan Webb

The 2004 presidential elections are a year and a half away, but Bush’s global and class war policies are already heating up the race.

Millions condemn Iraq war

March 21, 2003

WASHINGTON – With U.S. war planes and troops poised for combat with Iraq, peace forces vowed to continue the fight against war. Win Without War, a coalition of religious, community, and equal rights organizations, sharply condemned...

New wave of protests circles the globe

March 20, 2003

For the second time in four weeks, demonstrators filled the streets in hundreds of cities around the world to protest the Bush administration’s drive to war against Iraq in defiance of the United Nations and world...

European unions stop work to oppose war

March 20, 2003

Heeding a call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), millions stopped work at midday March 14, in a 15-minute protest against a possible attack on Iraq. Similar actions took place on other continents. In its...

Pop world takes stand against war

March 14, 2003

A music video by Madonna soon to be released on MTV has ultra-thin models, dressed in haute-couture army fatigues, strolling down a catwalk, hurling grenades to the applause of the audience. Speaking about the video, Madonna,...