Peace
Mother, a poem
July 18, 2008My son, where are you that I can’t find you. I’ve searched for you in gullies. On pathways, in rivers and in oceans, And in all the different places Where I’m told that “there are bodies.”...
Read moreObama tackles war issue
July 17, 2008The Obama campaign opened this week with a focus on the Iraq war, despite the claims of pundits who insist the war is John McCain's strongest point. On the same day Barack Obama published an op-ed...
Read moreFor the sake of democracy dont attack Iran
July 12, 2008The analysis published by Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker recently [“Preparing the battlefield: The Bush administration steps up its secret moves against Iran”] is revealing in a number of respects regarding the position of the...
Read moreEDITORIAL: Ending the war for oil
July 11, 2008In 2002, this newspaper issued a bumper sticker that read, “No War for Oil.” Events show how “on target” we were. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. oil company representatives were installed as “advisers” in...
Read moreQuestions about the India-U.S. nuclear deal
July 11, 2008The drama is rising over a proposed U.S.-India nuclear pact. India’s left-wing parties, which hold 60 seats in Parliament, are united in opposition to the deal and have managed to thwart it for months. But they...
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