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.

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Homeland Security Dept. proposal draws fire
July 4, 2002 By Susan Webb
The Bush administration is trying to make its proposed new Homeland Security Department “above the law and outside the checks and balances these laws are put there to ensure,” Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chair of the...
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Padilla case raises constitutional concerns, lawyers say
June 21, 2002 By Susan Webb
Questions are growing over the government’s detention of Jose Padilla without criminal charges. In a closed meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee June 13, Justice Department officials said they will hold Padilla in custody indefinitely until...
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Lack of health access risk to nations health
June 7, 2002 By Susan Webb
The fact that more than 40 million U.S. citizens have no health insurance increases our country’s vulnerability to a bioterror attack, two public health experts have charged. For the entire article, click on the headline. To...
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Tortilla tossing protested at graduation
May 31, 2002 By Susan Webb
Schoolteacher Ray Siquieros and a group of his pupils protested “disrespectful” tortilla tossing by graduates at the University of Arizona (UA) commencement ceremony in Tucson May 11.
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Arab-American relief worker freed
May 31, 2002 By Susan Webb
Dr. Riad Abdelkarim, chairman of KinderUSA, an American Muslim charity, arrived home in Irvine, Calif., May 20, after being held for 15 days without charges in an Israeli prison. For the entire article, click on the...
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Bush-Putin pact increases nuke danger
May 31, 2002 By Susan Webb
The U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty, signed May 24 with much fanfare in the Kremlin, actually moves the world closer to nuclear weapons use, peace activists warn. Pentagon warhawks are the main beneficiaries of the agreement, Bruce...
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Labor, child advocates assail Jeb Bush
May 25, 2002 By Susan Webb
Florida labor and children’s advocates are opposing Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s rush to privatize the state’s child protective services. Privatization is expected to hand over approximately $233 million in “community-based care” contracts to private groups.
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Bush blocks children’s rights at U.N. session
May 18, 2002 By Susan Webb
In the United Nations Special Session on Children, May 8-10, the Bush administration stood virtually isolated from the world community because of its opposition to comprehensive reproductive health services and sex education for teenagers. For the...
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