Peace
Afghanistan: U.S. legacy of chaos lives on
April 16, 2004The power struggle that erupted last week in northern Afghanistan illustrates the chaos ravaging the country two and a half years after U.S. troops invaded, ostensibly chasing Osama Bin Laden. On April 8, the north’s dominant...
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GOP 2000 convention protesters acquitted
April 16, 2004With just four months before the next Republican National Convention in New York City, a Philadelphia judge acquitted the last three activists arrested at the 2000 GOP convention. Judge William Mazzola found Camilo Viveiros, Eric Steinberg...
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MLKs antiwar stance saluted
April 16, 2004NEW YORK – On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech in Riverside Church here connecting U.S. aggression in Vietnam with the civil rights movement at home. Exactly 37 years later...
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Jail begins for SOA protesters
April 16, 2004SACRAMENTO, Calif. – “I still believe, even after being degraded, yelled at, groped and shackled in chains, that each American can make a difference. We can close this school for terrorists.” So said Leisa Faulkner Barnes,...
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African American leaders build womens march
April 16, 2004Prominent African American leaders representing a broad coalition of organizations are urging members of Black communities across the country to join the March for Women’s Lives April 25 in Washington, D.C. Their message: the current attack...
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