Opinion

Aborting rights

October 10, 2003

Opinion President Bush may soon sign legislation that bans abortions – with no exception for the mother’s health – and would jail doctors for providing what is in some cases life-and-death reproductive health care to women...

New Yorks non-partisan election scam

October 3, 2003

Opinion New York City is now debating a proposal for “nonpartisan” elections for City Council. What is a nonpartisan election system? Essentially, candidates run for office unaffiliated, that is to say, their names appear on the...

Why theres no peace in Palestine

October 3, 2003

Opinion On Sept. 13, 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat signed a Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn, heralding the beginning of the Oslo peace process. Ten...

Racism and the California recall

October 3, 2003 By Rosalío Muñoz

Jeremy Ryan’s article “Texas Redistricting Plan Threatens Equality” (PWW 9/20-26) is a significant contribution towards the unification of people’s forces, by laying bare the racist content of the Republican leadership’s offensive against our electoral democracy.

Lessons from Cockyboo the Clown

September 26, 2003

Opinion History repeats, said Marx, and the second time it’s comedy. The Bush administration is trying for a repeat of 1950s McCarthyism. I’m not laughing yet – maybe later. George Santayana said, if we don’t learn...