Peace
War protests planned
March 3, 2006Veterans, hurricane survivors walkin’ to New Orleans Taking a line from New Orleans-based music legend Fats Domino’s “I’m walkin’ to New Orleans,” veterans and Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors are walkin’ from Mobile, Ala., to New...
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Two parents, one message: Stop the war
February 24, 2006CHICAGO — “Schools are for learning, not for recruiting,” read a large banner in the basement of St. Pius Church here Feb. 17. On the speaker’s platform were Cindy Sheehan and Juan Torres, both members of...
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New report says: Nuke management is costly, risky
February 17, 2006The innocuously named Reliable Replacement Warhead program, launched over a year ago to manage the U.S. nuclear arsenal, could seriously damage U.S. national security while costing taxpayers many billions of dollars, a new report says. “The...
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Afghan war vet opposes Bushs war policy
February 10, 2006ANN ARBOR, Mich. — An Iraq Veterans Against War member told a gathering of Michigan peace activists how he went from a teenager in trouble with the law to a sailor to a leader of the...
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April 29 End the war demonstration set
February 10, 2006NEW YORK — A coalition of peace, civil rights, women’s and environmental groups announced a national April 29 demonstration in New York to end the Iraq war. The National Organization for Women, United for Peace and...
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