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

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AT&T workers rally for justice
May 18, 2002 By Susan Webb
CHICAGO - AT&T Broadband workers rallied here April 29 to demand the right to organize. Joined by supporters from the Chicago-area labor movement, they cheered as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka and other labor leaders vowed to...
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Marshall Plan: A cover for corporations
May 3, 2002 By Susan Webb
Earlier this month Pres. Bush invoked the post-World War II Marshall Plan as he proclaimed an ongoing U.S. economic and military role in Afghanistan. There’s been much talk recently of new Marshall Plans.
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Im here to walk the talk
April 26, 2002 By Susan Webb
CHICAGO – Beth Johnson had never been to a national demonstration before. Now, on a chilly Chicago street, she was one of about 400 people setting out on a 14-hour bus trip to Washington, D.C., for...
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Earth Day signals battles to come in 2002 elections
April 26, 2002 By Susan Webb
President George Bush tried to look outdoorsy for an Earth Day photo-op in the Adirondack Mountains, but his environmental policies are being assailed by environmentalists, leading Democrats and others.
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Earth Day signals battles to come in 2002 elections
April 26, 2002 By Susan Webb
President George Bush tried to look outdoorsy for an Earth Day photo-op in the Adirondack Mountains, but his environmental policies are being assailed by environmentalists, leading Democrats and others.
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How exciting it is to be changing the world!
April 19, 2002 By Susan Webb
The Women’s Equality Summit and Congressional Action Day, April 8-9, showed the women’s movement stepping up to the plate as part of the growing movement fighting for economic, social and political justice.
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Women vow to fight Bush policies
April 12, 2002 By Susan Webb
WASHINGTON – Nearly 500 women, representing women’s organizations across the country, met here April 8-9 and vowed to “stand up and fight” for women’s needs. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the...
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New Chicago coalition attacks Bush agenda
April 12, 2002 By Susan Webb
CHICAGO – More than 40 Chicago-area organizations have launched a coalition to challenge the Bush administration’s economic agenda and spending priorities.
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