Peace
Vermonters say: Bring troops home, impeach Bush
March 16, 2007Northern New England town meetings usually take place on the first Tuesday in March, just before mud season. Roads are on the agenda, also fire station leaky roofs, town taxes, and, in Vermont, George Bush. At...
Read moreNew U.S. warhead could lead to arms race
March 16, 2007The Bush administration’s announcement March 2 that it has selected a design for the country’s first post-Cold War nuclear warhead will likely encourage other countries to acquire nuclear weapons, critics say. The new design, based on...
Read moreSt. Patricks Day and the war in Iraq
March 16, 2007With the Army unable to meet its staffing targets, and units on their third and fourth rotations in Iraq, recruiters are trolling shopping malls in working class communities, targeting youth with promises of big sign-up bonuses...
Read moreEDITORIAL: A path out of Iraq
March 16, 2007Four long years. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people dead, thousands more wounded and their country destroyed. More than 3,200 U.S. soldiers dead, some 40,000 wounded. Over $408 billion wasted. Now, finally, there is some end...
Read moreQuito gathering condemns U.S. military bases
March 16, 2007The Bush administration took two big hits this month in Latin America. Not only did demonstrations dog the president across five nations, but the U.S. military, claiming 95 percent of the world’s foreign bases, was in...
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