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

Peace

Rape, killings of Iraqis called tip of the iceberg
July 14, 2006 By Susan Webb
Former Army Pfc. Steven Green was arrested this month and charged with raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her, her parents and her 5-year-old sister on March 12 in Mahmudiyah, Iraq.
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World

Sham pullout plan called election ploy
June 30, 2006 By Susan Webb
The pressure of antiwar public opinion going into the fall congressional elections was clear last week as Republican strategists tried to sidetrack Iraq withdrawal calls by newly emboldened Democrats.
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Peace

Bush plays politics as Iraqis struggle for sovereignty
June 16, 2006 By Susan Webb
Congressional Republicans last week killed a provision in the latest “emergency” Iraq war appropriations bill that would have blocked permanent U.S. bases in Iraq.
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Peace

Haditha sheds ugly light on Bush war
June 9, 2006 By Susan Webb
The massacre of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, by U.S. troops in Haditha and elsewhere is having far-reaching repercussions for Iraq and the U.S.
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PrintEditions

Considering The Israel Lobby
May 26, 2006 By Susan Webb
A recent article by two prominent political science professors has touched off heated debate. “The Israel Lobby,” by John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard, outlines what it calls “the unmatched...
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U.S.

GOP mounts stealth attack on fuel efficiency standards
May 12, 2006 By Susan Webb
Under the pretense of doing something about gas prices, President Bush and Republican leaders in Congress are seeking to gut the nation’s 30-year-old system for mandating fuel efficiency of cars and trucks.
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PrintEditions

Earth Day sounds alarm on climate catastrophe
April 21, 2006 By Susan Webb
As Earth Day 2006 approaches, Barry Heimlich is worried about global warming. He lives 4 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in South Florida’s Broward County. For the millions of Floridians living in “Hurricane Alley,” increasingly severe...
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Peace

Iraqi women fight for their future amidst new kind of war
April 14, 2006 By Susan Webb
When I telephoned Huda Al-Jazairy in Baghdad exactly two years ago, a bomb had fallen 12 feet from her house. At that time, she told me, “There is no security.” But as bad as it was...
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