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

World

Iraq elections will shape post-occupation direction
October 20, 2009 By Susan Webb
With U.S. preparing to pull out troops next summer, Iraq heads to key elections, and a drop in violence is spurring an upsurge of social movements.
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U.S.

EPA to probe weed-killer’s links to cancer, birth defects
October 13, 2009 By Susan Webb
In another break with Bush administration policies, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate the health effects of one of the nation's most widely used weed-killers, atrazine.
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World

Iraq violence down and different, analysts say
October 6, 2009 By Susan Webb
Violence in Iraq is down sharply compared to a year ago, and has also changed its nature, analysts say.
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U.S.

Public option in better position after Senate vote, backers say
October 2, 2009 By Susan Webb
After Senate Finance Committee vote, the fight for a public option has entered a new stage.
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World

Obama: I will not waver in pursuit of Mideast peace
September 25, 2009 By Susan Webb
“I will not waver in pursuit of peace” between Israelis and Palestinians, President Obama told world leaders at the United Nations today.“The time has come to re-launch negotiations — without preconditions — that address the permanent-status...
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U.S.

EPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant
September 5, 2009 By Susan Webb
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, EPA head Lisa Jackson announced on Monday. That action would trigger federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, cars, refineries...
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U.S.

EPA will declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant
September 2, 2009 By Susan Webb
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, EPA head Lisa Jackson announced on Monday. That action would trigger federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, cars, refineries...
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U.S.

Peace groups map actions for Oct. 7, Afghanistan war’s 8th anniversary
August 31, 2009 By Susan Webb
With the U.S. commander in Afghanistan expected to ask President Obama to send more troops, peace groups are planning actions across the U.S. on Oct. 7, the eighth anniversary of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
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