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

Biden in Iraq to press ‘work needed to get our troops back
July 4, 2009 By Susan Webb
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq yesterday for meetings with Iraqi leaders and U.S. commanders. His visit comes just after most U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq’s cities and towns June 30, step one in a...
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U.S.

Rhode Islanders declare independence from the insurance industry
July 3, 2009 By Susan Webb
CRANSTON, R.I. — Health care providers, union leaders and advocates from across Rhode Island got the Fourth of July spirit going early. Gathering Thursday outside the state health insurance commissioner’s office here, they “declared independence from...
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World

China, not Cheney, is now big player in Iraq’s oil
July 3, 2009 By Susan Webb
Attention Dick Cheney: Anyone who thought that by invading Iraq the U.S. would get a lock on Iraq's oil has another think coming. Yesterday, Iraq’s cabinet approved a deal with the China National Petroleum Corporation and...
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Labor

Court ruling: It’s Sen. Al Franken!
July 1, 2009 By Susan Webb
It’s Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. Finally. Minnesota’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Franken won last fall’s U.S. Senate race.
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U.S.

At White House Pride event, Obama vows to advance LGBT equality
July 1, 2009 By Susan Webb
In an unprecedented White House gathering of gay and lesbian leaders and activists on Monday, President Obama strongly affirmed his commitment to enacting equality legislation and overturning discriminatory laws and policies.
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Peace

June 30 marks first step in U.S. Iraq pullout
June 30, 2009 By Susan Webb
Tomorrow the U.S. and Iraq will officially mark the pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq’s cities and towns. Coming six years after the massive U.S. invasion, it is the first step in a withdrawal timetable agreed...
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World

Iraq violence seen as effort to derail pullout
June 26, 2009 By Susan Webb
A string of deadly bombings has hit Baghdad and other areas as the U.S. prepares to pull out of Iraqi cities and towns next week.
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U.S.

Astonishing speed and breadth of pww.org
June 25, 2009 By Susan Webb
Tim Yeager, who was interviewed in a recent article on our web site, says he was “astonished at the speed of the article, not only going up on the web site, but also the speed it...
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