International – Page 632

Millions condemn Iraq war

March 21, 2003

WASHINGTON – With U.S. war planes and troops poised for combat with Iraq, peace forces vowed to continue the fight against war. Win Without War, a coalition of religious, community, and equal rights organizations, sharply condemned...

New wave of protests circles the globe

March 20, 2003

For the second time in four weeks, demonstrators filled the streets in hundreds of cities around the world to protest the Bush administration’s drive to war against Iraq in defiance of the United Nations and world...

European unions stop work to oppose war

March 20, 2003

Heeding a call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), millions stopped work at midday March 14, in a 15-minute protest against a possible attack on Iraq. Similar actions took place on other continents. In its...

Abe Magil: A tribute to a working class, Marxist journalist

March 20, 2003 By Daniel Rubin

Marxist journalist and pamphleteer. Devoted family man and friend. Poet. Editor. Political leader. All of these describe Abe Magil, who died in January.

Civil rights lawyer: Patriot Act must go

March 20, 2003

MILWAUKEE – Bruce Finerty, a Chicago attorney and head of the Chicago chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, spoke here to an overflow audience of about 100 people recently on the need for the public to...