Peace
Message from an Iraqi mother
April 30, 2004Last week, a bomb fell 12 feet from Huda Al-Jazairy’s house in Baghdad. Fortunately, she said, it fell on open ground and no one was hurt. The blast broke windows in surrounding houses. Al-Jazairy was out...
Read moreWomens march shakes Washington
April 30, 2004WASHINGTON – “I know firsthand the anti-choice extremists now in control of the Capitol and of the White House are opposed to basic contraception,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told the more than 1 million participants...
Read moreA turning point election
April 23, 2004The labor, African American, Latino, women’s, environmental, peace and other people’s movements are engaged in a massive campaign to turn our country around in this election year. As part of this many-sided effort, the Communist Party...
Read moreBhopal women win green award
April 23, 2004Two Indian women have won a prestigious environmental prize for their battle on behalf of the survivors of the “world’s worst industrial disaster” – the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla won...
Read moreS. Korean voters deal rebuff to rightists
April 23, 2004In what many consider to be a backlash against the recent “coup d’etat” sponsored by the far-right-wing Grand National Party, in which President Roh Moo Hyun was impeached for minor electioneering violations, South Korean voters handed...
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