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

Bushs war plunges Iraq deeper into crisis
September 24, 2004 By Susan Webb
Democratic presidential contender John Kerry captured what many Americans — including an unprecedented array of military commanders and leading Republicans — are saying about Iraq, when he charged that George W. Bush has created “a chaos...
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Marines and coal miners: Bush dishonors all veterans
September 17, 2004 By Susan Webb
Vigils across the U.S. grieved the human cost of the Iraq war last week. At the same time, Marine generals and Iraq veterans teamed up with coal miners in a new initiative to bring an antiwar,...
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TRAGIC MILESTONE U.S. deaths in Iraq pass 1,000 mark
September 10, 2004 By Susan Webb
Bush policies not making us safer As George W. Bush and Dick Cheney claimed their policies were making Americans safer, the death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq topped 1,000. Democratic candidate John Kerry called it...
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Hard times in Minnesotas Red River Valley
September 3, 2004 By Susan Webb
Buck Jones was nice enough to take my call although he hadn’t yet washed up after a morning out on his farm.
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Americans want a change in direction
August 27, 2004 By Susan Webb
Leaders of major U.S. peace organizations say Americans want a fundamental change in U.S. foreign and domestic policy. click here for Spanish text
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World

Iraq’s communists urge political solutions
August 21, 2004 By Susan Webb
The military confrontation in Najaf needs to be resolved politically, through dialogue, Iraqi Communist Party spokesperson Salam Ali told the World in an Aug. 14 interview.
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Labor

Defeat Bush movement spurs mass voter sign-up
August 21, 2004 By Susan Webb
Leaders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance had a busy day planned for Aug. 21.
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U.S.

No jobs, endless war: Bush has made a mess From labor to hip-hop, voters mobilize to defeat GOP
August 13, 2004 By Susan Webb
CHICAGO — Eight thousand Pillowtex workers were thrown out of work a year ago when the textile giant shut its doors. Most are still out of work and will soon lose their unemployment benefits. click here...
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