Opinion

                
  • Ask the Communists

    Ask the Communists

    March 17, 2006

    Q: Obviously you oppose terrorism, but what position do American Communists take toward the homegrown (non-al-Qaeda) resistance to the U.S./British occupation? Do you support the armed resistance?

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  • My foremothers paved the way

    My foremothers paved the way

    March 17, 2006

    I recently lost my mother to cancer. My experience of caring for her was something that I would not have believed. From the moment we were informed of her terminal illness, she was so accepting of...

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  • EDITORIAL: No war on Iran!

    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...

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  • EDITORIAL: Congressional elections matter

    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,...

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  • North Carolina confronts shameful history

    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...

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