International – Page 586

Senate rebukes Bush on Cuba

October 30, 2003

By a voice vote, the U.S. Senate last week approved an amendment to the Department of Transportation bill that would strip the government of all funding for the enforcement of its much-criticized ban on travel to...

Public vs. for-profit health care in Canada

October 24, 2003

Opinion The Canadian public has said no to the erosion of universal, single-tier public health care. Indeed, popular pressure forced a recent Canadian Royal Commission to propose expansion of the public system. The Canadian system provides...

Iraq war a house of cards Low troop morale puts pressure on Bush

October 24, 2003 By Susan Webb

Widening reports of low morale among U.S. troops are adding to pressures on the Bush administration to find a bailout for its failed Iraq policy.

Marching to Miami: Stop the FTAA!

October 24, 2003

PITTSBURGH – As far as working families are concerned, nothing good came out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The Economic Policy Institute estimates that NAFTA has cost 765,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs since 1993....

$87 billion for war: senseless & reckless

October 24, 2003

Congress voted to approve the Bush administration’s $87 billion package for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, but not without vocal and sometimes vehement opposition by lawmakers and peace activists. Mindful of the costs...