Peace
Israeli-Palestinian peace group formed
July 11, 2003TEL-AVIV – The founding conference of a new Israeli-Palestinian Joint Action Group for Peace (JAGP) took place on June 28 in Ramallah, the still-besieged seat of the Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some 300...
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White House lied to sell Iraq war
July 11, 2003The White House finally admitted this week that it played fast and loose with the truth in President Bush’s State of the Union address. Bush claimed the British government had discovered that Iraq attempted to obtain...
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Israeli ‘refuseniks’ go to trial
July 4, 2003TEL-AVIV – The court room at the central military court here was packed with families, friends and others in solidarity with the five conscientious objectors, who had been dragged to stand trial on June 24. But...
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Detroit Walk to Freedom
July 4, 2003DETROIT – Several thousand people marched in downtown Detroit on June 28 to commemorate “The Walk to Freedom” march held in July of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, led the first march in anticipation of...
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United for Peace and Justice!
June 19, 2003News Analysis Hundreds of delegates representing 325 local and national peace groups converged on Chicago June 6-8, 2003, for the first national strategy conference of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). UFPJ was founded seven months...
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