Peace
World Social Forum gathers in India
January 16, 2004Some 75,000 participants from around the world are pouring into the fourth World Social Forum, in Mumbai, India, Jan. 16-21, preparing for more powerful, united, worldwide struggles to say “no to war,” and “another world is...
Read moreA look back at 2003 Year of Street Heat
January 9, 2004WASHINGTON – Let’s take one last look back at 2003 as recorded in the photos on these pages. Many would say it was the “worst of times” marked by George W. Bush’s unilateral, preemptive war on...
Read moreBomb survivors urge truth on Enola Gay
January 9, 2004A group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors (Hibakusha) visited the National Air and Space Museum, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12 to request that the museum’s planned exhibit of the...
Read moreIraq civilian death questions remain
January 9, 2004Saddam Hussein’s capture answers the question of where he has been since the fall of Baghdad, but there are still many other unanswered questions in Iraq. Many of these questions relate to civilian deaths among Iraqis...
Read moreBrooklynites march for peace and justice
January 9, 2004BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Several peace groups, including Brooklyn Parents for Peace and Brooklyn Peace Action, held a rally here on Dec. 18 around the theme, “Support the troops – Bring them home now!” Despite a stiff...
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