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Sharon torpedoes any peace efforts

May 22, 2003

KIBBUTZ BEIT OREM, Israel – The Bush administration calls their plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian crisis a “roadmap.” But U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Jerusalem and Ramallah, and departed. He left behind a...

Earth Day protest hits war contractor

May 16, 2003

TUCSON – Contrary to its original purpose, Earth Day in many communities has turned into a commercial extravaganza extolling the ecological practices of polluters and earth destroyers. When environmentalist and peace supporters learned that, for the...

Protesters reclaim rights at Oakland docks

May 16, 2003

OAKLAND – Bowing to intense pressure from the community and public officials, Oakland police remained largely on the sidelines as more than a thousand demonstrators, May 12, reasserted their constitutional right to picket at the docks...

Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870

May 9, 2003 By World Combined Sources

Each year, every president since Woodrow Wilson has issued a Mother’s Day Proclamation. However, the original Mother’s Day Proclamation was made in 1870, unrelated to the holiday. Written by Julia Ward Howe, perhaps best known today...

We protest the war and remember

May 9, 2003

Opinion We forget stories at our peril. Stories of violence, racism and militarism testify to the existence of an overarching system. Minders of the status quo would have the rough edges of such stories glossed over,...