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

U.S.

Obama school plan has pluses but big minuses, teachers and others warn
March 17, 2010 By Susan Webb
The administration's education "blueprint" discards some of the No Child Left Behind law's much-criticized features, but keeps or adds others that teachers, their unions and other public school advocates oppose.
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World

Israel faces moment of truth over East Jerusalem
March 15, 2010 By Susan Webb
Last Tuesday's announcement by the Israeli government that it will build 1,600 new housing units for Israelis in Palestinian East Jerusalem has unleashed an unparalleled furor.
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World

Big voter turnout in Iraq, undeterred by violence
March 8, 2010 By Susan Webb
Iraqi voters turned out heavily in Sunday's national elections, despite an upsurge of violence leading up to the balloting.
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Labor

R.I. town becomes ground zero in war on teachers
February 25, 2010 By Susan Webb
The mass firing of nearly 100 teachers and school personnel, backed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, will be seen by many as a slap in the face to teachers, their unions and the entire labor movement.
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U.S.

Obama’s nuclear power plan assailed as costly and misguided
February 22, 2010 By Susan Webb
President Obama's announcement of $8 billion in loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors has drawn virtually unanimous opposition from environmental groups.
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U.S.

White House launches new agency to advance climate change action
February 18, 2010 By Susan Webb
The Obama administration is establishing a new federal Climate Service to suppport national, state and local action on climate change, officials announced last week.
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World

U.S., Iran engage in new round of jockeying
February 17, 2010 By Susan Webb
Iran's president declared his country can produce nuclear weapons fuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, and the White House grapples with policy options.
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Labor

School chief fires every teacher at town’s only high school
February 15, 2010 By Susan Webb
The school superintendent in Central Falls, R.I., says she will fire all 74 teachers at the town's only high school, after their union refused to accept her demands.
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