International – Page 474

Gaza crisis tied to Israeli-U.S. policy

June 22, 2007 By Susan Webb

With the crisis unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is in jeopardy, Palestinian and Israeli progressives fear.

The word and the deed

June 15, 2007

President Bush is now mouthing words about wanting to do something about global warming, having finally been forced to admit it is at least a possibility. But many have noted that while Bush claims to be...

EDITORIAL: Scoundrels refuge

June 15, 2007

In the seventh year of his administration, George W. Bush has gained notoriety as perhaps the most hypocritical president in U.S. history. He did nothing to repair that sorry reputation in dedicating the “Victims of Communism”...

Workers with rights, not guests who are slaves

June 15, 2007

Growing up in western Texas as the daughter of cotton sharecroppers, I spent my summers weeding cotton, five days a week, 10 hours a day, in 95-degree heat. As grueling as this workload was, others had...

Can we reindustrialize?

June 15, 2007

Last month Toyota surpassed General Motors as the world’s biggest automaker. It’s only the latest sign that U.S. manufacturing industry is in trouble. So is British manufacturing, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Committee...