Peace

Say no to the poverty draft

January 16, 2003 By Jessica Marshall And Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

Opinion Last week, a friend who was recruited on his high school campus was sent off to the Persian Gulf region leaving behind his wife and newborn daughter. When he joined the army reserves he never...

Phila. labor against war

January 16, 2003

PHILADELPHIA – At its Jan. 8 meeting the Philadelphia AFL-CIO Central Labor Council passed a resolution against the war in Iraq. The Phila. Labor Council wanted to go on record as strongly opposing the Bush administration’s...

Chicago protest greets Bush

January 10, 2003

CHICAGO – A spirited crowd of 300 demonstrators braved the bitter cold here to protest President Bush’s drive toward war with Iraq. The occasion was Bush’s presence before an audience of cheering businessmen at the elite...

U.S. peace movement key to stopping Iraq war

January 10, 2003 By Susan Webb

The NAACP has reaffirmed its opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq, with a statement urging “ solutions that offer peace over resolutions that end in war.”

Reflections on war and peace New Years Day 2003

January 9, 2003 By Joe Bernick

Opinion As World War II was approaching in the years before 1941, I recall heavy debates at our kitchen table as a neighbor and my dad tossed down boilermakers (shots of whisky and beer chasers), often...