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Stop this war now

April 11, 2003

OpinionRep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), a leader of the opposition to the war in Iraq within the House, issued the following statement April 1 on the House floor: Stop the war now. As Baghdad will be encircled,...

War tax resisters launch campaign

April 11, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Mary Loehr works out of a small office in Ithaca, N.Y., where she coordinates a national campaign to build support for those who choose to withhold federal income taxes in protest against war.

Police attack injures protesters, workers

April 11, 2003 By John Lane

OAKLAND, Calif. – Outraged witnesses and community leaders used words like “preemptive,” “premeditated,” and “brutal” during an emotionally charged meeting of the Oakland City Council to describe the Oakland Police Department’s attack on anti-war demonstrators and...

Texas House debates war

April 10, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives on April 2 passed a resolution supporting the war in Iraq, but not before some spirited debate and a demonstration in the House gallery against the war. House...

Stop this disastrous war against Iraq

April 10, 2003

This is a slightly edited version of a March 22 statement. With the launching of rocket attacks by U.S. military forces in the early morning of March 20, the war against Iraq aimed at a “regime...