Peace
New U.S. warhead could lead to arms race
March 16, 2007The Bush administration’s announcement March 2 that it has selected a design for the country’s first post-Cold War nuclear warhead will likely encourage other countries to acquire nuclear weapons, critics say. The new design, based on...
Read more
St. Patricks Day and the war in Iraq
March 16, 2007With the Army unable to meet its staffing targets, and units on their third and fourth rotations in Iraq, recruiters are trolling shopping malls in working class communities, targeting youth with promises of big sign-up bonuses...
Read more
EDITORIAL: A path out of Iraq
March 16, 2007Four long years. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people dead, thousands more wounded and their country destroyed. More than 3,200 U.S. soldiers dead, some 40,000 wounded. Over $408 billion wasted. Now, finally, there is some end...
Read more
Quito gathering condemns U.S. military bases
March 16, 2007The Bush administration took two big hits this month in Latin America. Not only did demonstrations dog the president across five nations, but the U.S. military, claiming 95 percent of the world’s foreign bases, was in...
Read more
Movement for peace grows in Connecticut
March 16, 2007Even as U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman steps up his support for the Bush administration’s war on Iraq, the movement for peace grows in his home state. Connecticut residents, young and old, gathered in 24 old-fashioned town...
Read more