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.

Blackwater swamp keeps on bubbling
February 2, 2010 By Susan Webb
The Justice Department has begun a criminal fraud investigation of the company, its employees face criminal charges, but it keeps doing its dirty work under a tangle of names.
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World

Talking with Taliban takes center stage
February 1, 2010 By Susan Webb
Talking with the Taliban emerged as the headline-grabbing themes at two international meetings on Afghanistan last week.
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U.S.

Oregon delivers ‘tax the rich’ message
January 27, 2010 By Susan Webb
Oregon voters sent a message to the nation yesterday, raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to prevent cuts in education and other public services.
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U.S.

‘Tax the rich’ gaining support
January 26, 2010 By Susan Webb
Seventy-three percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, like the idea of taxing those fat Wall Street bonuses.
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Peace

Afghanistan’s neighbors begin talks on ending war
January 25, 2010 By Susan Webb
China, Iran, Pakistan and the U.S. are among the countries meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday, to try to agree on a path to ending the Afghanistan war.
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Peace

Lawmakers urge U.S. action on Gaza crisis
January 14, 2010 By Susan Webb
Two members of Congress are asking colleagues to sign on to a letter to President Obama urging him to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Peace

U.S. starts new drive for Israel-Palestine talks
January 12, 2010 By Susan Webb
Middle East envoy George Mitchell confirmed that the U.S. is stepping up efforts to get comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations going, with a two-year deadline to reach a peace pact.
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World

‘War on terror’ zeroes in on Yemen
January 8, 2010 By Susan Webb
A few things we need to know about Yemen: strategic location, oil, a Very Important Neighbor, imperialism and Cold War history, poverty and economic/environmental crisis.
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