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EDITORIAL: Standing up for a free press
July 07, 2006Do the American people have a right to know what their government is doing? For President Bush and members of his administration, the given answer would be a resounding “no.” Listening to the administration, one would get the impression that it believes that every time the press refuses to roll over and play dead — every time it uncovers the barbaric conditions in Abu Ghraib or some other Bush-approved torture...
Read moreGenerals stick by demand: Fire Rumsfeld!
April 21, 2006WASHINGTON — Despite President George W. Bush’s strenuous defense, former high-ranking military commanders continue to demand that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be fired for his role in the disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq. So far, seven retired Army and Marine Corps generals have joined in the call that Rumsfeld be ousted. None has recanted in the face of White House and Pentagon attempts to intimidate them. The Pentagon sent...
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Peace, peace, peace! Children greet antiwar pilgrimage
March 31, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — All morning, it was the same. At each schoolyard stop through Oakland’s Fruitvale district, groups of children and teachers gathered outside their classrooms, waiting eagerly to greet the marchers who had walked so far to bring them a message of peace, respect and justice. It was an especially poignant moment for Fernando Suarez del Solar, who with fellow peace leaders Pablo Paredes, Camilo Mejia and Aidan Delgado,...
Read moreAfghan war vet opposes Bushs war policy
February 10, 2006ANN ARBOR, Mich. — An Iraq Veterans Against War member told a gathering of Michigan peace activists how he went from a teenager in trouble with the law to a sailor to a leader of the veterans movement against war. “It was the turmoil I experienced and witnessed during the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 that turned me against war,” the soldier told 100 from all over the state at...
Read moreEmpty boots send a plea: End Iraq war
June 04, 2004WASHINGTON – George W. Bush praised the “fierce courage” of U.S. soldiers as he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day. The same weekend, he dedicated the World War II memorial, posing as the “war president” in his bid for a second term. But a Quaker vigil on Capitol Hill, May 25-27, featured hundreds of pairs of black combat boots symbolizing the 813 GIs...
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June 11, 2004BRUNSWICK, Ga.: Protesters ‘unwelcome’ G-8 Summit Caravans of military Humvees patrolled the cobblestone streets in this coastal town starting June 5. Legions of Secret Service agents and an estimated 10,000-20,000 federal, state and local police roamed the area. The mechanical beat of helicopter blades drowned out the soothing surf. Concrete barriers, wire mesh fencing and military checkpoints replaced magnolias. This was the state of emergency declared by Gov. ‘Sonny’ Perdue....
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June 11, 2004The truth about Reagan The media cannot wash away the truth about Ronald Reagan even with a torrent of sickening sentimentality since his death. On Aug. 6, 1981, Reagan fired 12,000 PATCO air traffic controllers for daring to strike to protect their own health and the safety of airline passengers. It marked him forever as a union-buster and labor-baiter. Actually, Reagan got his start in politics as an FBI informer...
Read moreA rising chorus of opposition to Bush
June 11, 2004OpinionThe following is an abridged version of a speech delivered at an international solidarity rally in London, May 29, sponsored by the Communist Party of Britain in conjunction with their 46th national congress. Other speakers included representatives of the communist parties of Cuba, Iraq, India, and Britain. There is great interest in the political developments in the UK, and in the role of British communists and the broader left. Of...
Read moreDiplomats and commanders reject Bush
June 25, 2004George W. Bush is pleading for a second term based on his record as a “war president” who uses military force to wipe out terrorists before they strike again. But that aggressive posture is now stirring powerful opposition from former senior officials, military officers, and legal scholars. Law professors met with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) to deliver an open letter to Congress, dated June 16 and signed by 493 of...
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September 03, 2004The smug, well-fed GOP More than 500,000 anti-Bush protesters marched past the Republican Party’s convention site Aug. 29, chanting, “Four more months!” It was hardly an auspicious start for the GOP’s highly scripted coronation of George W. Bush. Even events within their control did not go according to cue. Take Bush himself. On the way to the convention he told a crowd the war in Iraq is a “catastrophic success.”...
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