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Asian Social Forum focuses on privatization

January 23, 2003

HYDERABAD, India – The Asian Social Forum (ASF) was held in the capital of the Indian state Andra Pradesh from Jan. 2-7. Conceived as a part of international debates that have been taking place after the...

Israels wretched economy is result of war policy

January 23, 2003

TEL-AVIV – Israel faces a very deep and dangerous economic crisis. 2002 was the worst year Israel has had since the first few years of austerity after the war of Independence (1949-53). The annual rate of...

Letters

January 17, 2003

Who polices the police? The Bush administration has assigned itself the task of policing the world. We vote (except with Bush, who was selected) for president to govern our country, not to rule the world. There...

Editorials

January 17, 2003

It’s still the economy A Los Angeles Times poll taken last December shows overwhelming support for an economic agenda focused on spending for improvements to the country’s infrastructure (53 percent) rather than an agenda focused on...

Lessons from the Lott expos

January 17, 2003

The Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) scandal did more than expose the racist underbelly of the former Senate majority leader and the Republican Party. It also showed the growing importance of the struggle for equality and against...