Susan Webb

Susan Webb is a retired co-editor of People's World. She has written on a range of topics both international - the Iraq war, World Social Forums in Brazil and India, the Israel-Palestinian conflict and controversy over the U.S. role in Okinawa - and domestic - including the meaning of socialism for Americans, attacks on Planned Parenthood, the U.S. as top weapons merchant, and more.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Susan Webb

World

Remarkable initiatives in Brazil
January 23, 2003 By Susan Webb
Opinion It will not be easy to reform Brazil, due to the problems the new government has inherited. Lula and his team will face deteriorated economic and social circumstances that have their own dynamic, limiting the...
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World

World Social Forum opens: 100,000 say no to war and greed
January 23, 2003 By Susan Webb
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Under the banner “No to militarization and war: another world is possible,” the World Social Forum, a gigantic meeting of the world’s progressive movements, opened Jan. 23 with a march of up...
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Peace

U.S. peace movement key to stopping Iraq war
January 10, 2003 By Susan Webb
The NAACP has reaffirmed its opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq, with a statement urging “ solutions that offer peace over resolutions that end in war.”
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Bush warhawks maneuver to justify war
December 20, 2002 By Susan Webb
Despite growing world and domestic opposition, the Bush administration is mounting a new high-pressure campaign to force UN support for its drive to war against Iraq.
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Carter urges peace, Bush undermines UN
December 13, 2002 By Susan Webb
As the Bush administration outraged United Nations members with its latest strong-arm tactics, former president Jimmy Carter challenged the Bush administration’s war drive and urged support for international cooperation.
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Iraq inspections proceed, Bush presses war
December 6, 2002 By Susan Webb
Although UN teams continued unimpeded weapons inspections, turning up no signs that Iraq is producing or stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, President Bush claimed these results were “not encouraging” and cast doubt on the entire inspection...
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New trends in Latin America
December 5, 2002 By Susan Webb
Opinion Important political changes are taking place in Latin America. In Brazil, at the head of a center-left coalition led by the Workers Party and the Communist Party of Brazil, running on a program of change,...
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Young Communists march to stop war
November 28, 2002 By Susan Webb
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Chanting “No blood for oil,” “We’re fired up, can’t take it no more,” 150 participants in the Young Communist League (YCL) convention here held a spirited roadside march and rally, Nov. 23, opposing...
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