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War or Medicare?

April 5, 2002

President Bush’s aggressive pursuit of imperialist wars has pushed even the editors of The New York Times to express a sense of outrage about the resulting destruction of Medicare and the rest of the domestic “safety...

A rogue White House

March 29, 2002

A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of nuclear war. Does this sound like rhetorical exaggeration? Perhaps, but the leaking of the Nuclear Posture Review offers a sobering glimpse into the Dr. Strangelove mentality...

Letters

March 29, 2002

Mainstream ideas “The world economy today is a huge casino.” So spoke Fidel Castro in remarks to the International Conference of Financing for Development just held in Mexico. But, in order to accomodate President Bush’s imperial...

Editorials

March 29, 2002

Bush’s war on poor George W. Bush lectured the world on poverty in his speech to a U.N. conference in Mexico but he ignored the rising poverty in his own backyard. It’s not a coincidence. The...

Honor César Chávez

March 29, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

WHEREAS: César Chávez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America, was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, leading a five- year boycott of grapes, which led to the first union contracts for farm...