Peace
Brooklyn peace marchers call for Mideast cease-fire
August 22, 2006NEW YORK — On Aug. 9, dozens of Brooklynites gathered at the corner of 3rd Ave. and Flatbush Ave., in a quickly mobilized demonstration called by Brooklyn Parents for Peace (BPFP), to voice concern and outrage...
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U.S. vets, Koreans: End Korean War finally
August 18, 2006Korean Americans at the Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle, Aug. 11, made an impassioned plea for solidarity with the embattled farmers of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, who are being evicted to make way for a vast...
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Bush administration targets Cuban churches
August 18, 2006Church leaders the world over have objected to a misleading reference to the Cuban Council of Churches that appeared in the July 10 report from the President Bush’s “Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba.” The...
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Spotlight reveals Bechtels nuclear tentacles
August 18, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Demonstrators around the country aimed a spotlight at one of the biggest U.S. corporations on Aug. 9, and what it revealed wasn’t a pretty sight. On the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic...
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Cease-fire greeted warily in Lebanon
August 18, 2006News AnalysisWriting from Lebanon’s capital on the eve of the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 1701, which calls for a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, Judith Le Blanc, co-chair of United for Peace...
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