Peace
U.S. sets its sights on Vietnam once again
September 24, 2004Earlier this summer, on July 19, the House of Representatives passed HR 1587, the “Vietnam Human Rights Act,” by 322 votes to 45. The bill seeks to limit non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam, to provide extra funding...
Read moreEast German vote shows mounting anger
September 24, 2004BERLIN — The Sept. 19 elections in two East German states dealt heavy losses to the country’s two major parties, with electoral gains for the left and, disturbingly, the extreme right. The voting was fueled by...
Read moreBushs war plunges Iraq deeper into crisis
September 24, 2004Democratic presidential contender John Kerry captured what many Americans — including an unprecedented array of military commanders and leading Republicans — are saying about Iraq, when he charged that George W. Bush has created “a chaos...
Read moreSoldiers grieving mom confronts Laura Bush
September 24, 2004Sue Niederer, mother of Seth Dvorin who died in Iraq last Feb. 3 when a bomb he was defusing exploded, took her campaign to end the Iraq war directly into the Bush-Cheney campaign Sept. 17. An...
Read morePeace groups vow to march
August 21, 2004NEW YORK — United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is going ahead with mobilization for its Aug. 29 peaceful and legal march past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican Convention, organizers stressed Aug. 18....
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