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

Israeli government lied, manipulated teens’ deaths, to wreck Palestinian unity
July 14, 2014 By Susan Webb
"Everybody knows now that Netanyahu and his co-bullies were aware the three young settlers were murdered on the first day they were kidnapped."
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World

Palestinians and Israelis mourn together but crisis deepens
July 9, 2014 By Susan Webb
Hundreds of Israeli Jews visited the mourning family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir in Jerusalem on Tuesday to express condolences over the vicious killing of the Palestinian teenager last week.
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U.S.

Supreme Court allows corporations to deny birth control coverage
June 30, 2014 By Susan Webb
The Supreme Court ruled that family-owned corporations can use religious objections to opt out of the Affordable Care Act requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
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U.S.

Presbyterians vote to divest from companies aiding Israeli occupation
June 26, 2014 By Susan Webb
The Presbyterian Church narrowly approved divestment from three U.S. companies that supply Israel with equipment used to maintain its occupation of Palestinian territory.
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U.S.

With Iraq under threat, questions emerge
June 20, 2014 By Susan Webb
Among those hard questions, many Iraqis believe, should be a serious re-think of the damaging U.S. policy of manipulating ethnic and sectarian blocs in Iraq.
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U.S.

Obama rebuffs militarists in speech full of contradictions
May 30, 2014 By Susan Webb
Obama emphasized working through international bodies, however he placed NATO, a U.S./Western Europe Cold War holdover, first on his list, before the United Nations.
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World

Okinawa mayor appeals to Americans to help stop military base
May 28, 2014 By Susan Webb
The mayor of Nago City, Okinawa, wants Americans to help him stop construction of a U.S. military base in his small city. He traveled to the U.S. last week to make his case.
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Arts

“Roberta’s Fire”: Homophobia, hate, redemption in a Texas town
May 5, 2014 By Susan Webb
I had some mind-traveling to do in reading "Roberta's Fire," by Texas songwriter-singer-journalist Kelly Sinclair.
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