Opinion

EDITORIAL: No war on Iran!

March 17, 2006

As marchers call this weekend for an end to the Iraq war, signs are growing that the U.S. will attack Iran. Some of the Bush administration’s charges sound eerily familiar: a covert nuclear weapons program, support...

EDITORIAL: Congressional elections matter

March 17, 2006

Peace-loving, working-class, progressive and left-minded people are commemorating the third anniversary of an illegal, immoral war this weekend. While mourning the thousands of dead and war-wounded Americans and Iraqis and worrying about attacks on democratic rights,...

North Carolina confronts shameful history

March 17, 2006

WILMINGTON, N.C. — An eager crowd squeezed into the auditorium of the Cape Fear Museum Feb. 28 to discuss what happened here 108 years ago. They were enthusiastic about the chance to discuss events that until...

Time for a new civil rights revolution

March 17, 2006

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They have lied and spied on the American people. We have been in Iraq for three years, it’s time we get out now,” said Jarvis Tyner, guest speaker at the 32nd annual...

U.S. readying military attack on Iran

March 10, 2006

News Analysis Evidence is mounting that the Bush administration is preparing a major military attack on Islamic Republic of Iran. In January investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported that top military and intelligence officials told him, “the...