Peace

First visit of U.S. unionists to occupied Iraq

October 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

Stop violating labor rights CHICAGO – Two U.S. trade unionists just back from Iraq say they hope their trip is the beginning of cooperation and solidarity between the U.S. labor movement and Iraq’s newly re-established unions.

Labor-based peace coalition maps plans

October 31, 2003

CHICAGO – Teamster Local 705 hosted some 200 delegates and guests who met here Oct. 24-25 to plan the future of a labor-based peace coalition. On the agenda were proposals for a mission statement, structure, leadership,...

No end in sight for Bushs Iraq mess

October 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

The much-anticipated international donors’ conference on Iraq, like the United Nations resolution adopted earlier in the month, failed to help the White House out of what Newsweek’s Nov. 3 cover story calls “Bush’s $87 billion mess.”

Protests across the nation: Bring the troops home

October 31, 2003

WASHINGTON – In the first major antiwar protest since Bush declared an end to combat operations in Iraq on May 1, tens of thousands marched near the White House Oct. 25 carrying placards reading, “Bush lied,...

Carole Collier Florida freedom fighter is mourned

October 24, 2003

LARGO, Fla. – Carole Collier, chairperson of the Communist Party of Florida and a tireless advocate for equality, peace and socialism, passed away Sept. 28. She was 84. Family, friends, and comrades gathered for a memorial...