PWW Editorial Board

Time for an Iraq exit strategy

September 23, 2005

At Capitol Hill hearing, talk is not ‘if’ but ‘how’ WASHINGTON — With thousands of people across the nation protesting the Iraq war, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) convened a Capitol Hill hearing Sept. 15 to air...

Over 1,600 vigils oppose Iraq war

August 26, 2005

PITTSBURGH — Candles flickered against the August sky as thousands gathered in their neighborhoods around this state, Aug. 17, inspired by Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan. From the city neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, where 981 neighbors...

Disengaging from peace

August 26, 2005

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s much touted Disengagement Plan from Gaza and small portions of the West Bank focuses the world’s attention on the tug-of-war between the Israeli army and the Israeli settler movement. At the...

Bush refuses to set timetable for withdrawal from Crawford

August 26, 2005

Early end to vacation would ‘send terrible signal,’ president says President George W. Bush said today that he understands and respects the views of those who are calling for him to cut short his summer vacation,...

Sept. 24 preparations: Planes, trains and automobiles ready to roll to Washington

August 26, 2005

The phones at the national offices of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), a coalition of 1,300 national and local groups that oppose the Bush administration’s policy of permanent warfare and empire building, are ringing off...