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

Culture

Peggy Lipschutz: Artist with a cause
September 25, 2019 By Susan Webb
People’s World received news of the passing of artist Peggy Lipshutz at the age of 102. The interview below first appeared in the print edition of PWW in March 2006.
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World

ISIS facing defeat, but who cares? A view from Baghdad
October 19, 2016 By Raid Fahmi And Susan Webb
This is PW's exclusive interview with Raid Fahmi on the fight against ISIS.
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U.S.

Blood money? U.S. is world’s top arms dealer
January 26, 2016 By Susan Webb
The U.S. is the top arms peddler in the world, its weapons sales to other countries far surpassing others, the Congressional Research Service reported last month.
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U.S.

Bypassing GOP obstruction, Obama announces steps to curb gun violence (with video)
January 6, 2016 By Susan Webb
Obama said, "The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now, but they cannot hold America hostage."
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Opinion

Everyone’s talking about socialism, but what is it?
January 4, 2016 By Susan Webb
Bernie Sanders may or may not win the Democratic presidential nomination, but he has already put socialism into the mainstream political debate in the U.S.
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U.S.

Scam videos try to destroy Planned Parenthood – again
July 22, 2015 By Susan Webb
An individual with ties to far-right video scammers has launched a new video attack on Planned Parenthood.
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U.S.

Confederate flags, monuments, going down in wake of massacre
June 26, 2015 By Susan Webb
Politicians across the South are distancing themselves from the Confederate battle flag, but tributes to slaveocracy and its racist legacy persist around the country.
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Environment

Nuclear fallout, plastics mark human impact on planet, scientists say
May 4, 2015 By Susan Webb
We have entered a new geological era, in which human action is changing the physical world around us.
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