Susan Webb

Susan Webb is a retired co-editor of People's World. She has written on a range of topics both international - the Iraq war, World Social Forums in Brazil and India, the Israel-Palestinian conflict and controversy over the U.S. role in Okinawa - and domestic - including the meaning of socialism for Americans, attacks on Planned Parenthood, the U.S. as top weapons merchant, and more.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Susan Webb

Peace

Libyans don’t want U.S. military intervention
March 1, 2011 By Susan Webb
U.S. warhawks McCain and Lieberman are pressing for military action on Libya, but many others oppose it, including Libyans themselves.
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Labor

Shocker: Providence, R.I., officials fire all teachers
February 25, 2011 By Susan Webb
Some are calling the firing of the city's 1,296 public school teachers a "back-door" Wisconsin.
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World

Libya’s Gaddafi wages bloody war against protesters
February 23, 2011 By Susan Webb
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is waging a bloody war against his own people, drawing international condemnation - but some warn he is a "crafty survivalist."
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U.S.

Over 75,000 veterans are homeless, VA report says
February 15, 2011 By Susan Webb
More than 75,000 veterans were homeless on a single night in January 2009, and more than 130,000 veterans spent at least one night in a homeless shelter that year, a new government report says.
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World

Mubarak’s fall poses new challenge for U.S.
February 11, 2011 By Susan Webb
The fall of President Hosni Mubarak came after a wave of strikes demonstrated the depth and breadth of the Egyptian uprising.
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U.S.

Republicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues
February 8, 2011 By Susan Webb
Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.
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U.S.

Planned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of video plot
February 2, 2011 By Susan Webb
Planned Parenthood has asked the FBI to investigate an apparent video scam operation linked to a far-right anti-abortion group, targeting several of its clinics in six states.
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World

Egypt uprising is turning point for region and U.S.
January 31, 2011 By Susan Webb
When the mass uprising in Tunisia spread to Egypt last week, it took a qualitative turn: Egypt occupies a highly strategic position in the region and has for decades been a linchpin of American policy there.
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