World leaders: Iraq war unjustified
The decision by George W. Bush to launch a preemptive military strike against Iraq brought angry protests from apprehensive governments around the world.
A celebrity, but first a citizen
Actor Martin Sheen defended the rights of Hollywood anti-war activists to express their views, in an opinion piece published Mar. 17 in The Los Angeles Times, titled “A celebrity, but first a citizen.”
Israeli army bulldozer kills American citizen
RAFAH, Gaza Strip – Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American woman from Olympia, Wash., who was a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was killed by the Israeli Army on March 16.
True patriots march and vigil to stop war
WASHINGTON – Millions protested in the streets at home and around the world March 15-16, with an estimated 100,000 here, 100,000 in San Francisco, 30,000 in Los Angeles, and 30,000 in Portland, Ore.
Chicago labor, clergy lead rally for peace
CHICAGO – More than 10,000 Chicagoans jammed Daley Center Plaza on March 16 in the largest peace demonstration here since the Vietnam War, to demand that the Bush administration allow United Nations weapons inspectors to complete the job of disarming Iraq rather than resorting to war.
NYC council votes against Iraq war
NEW YORK – Thousands of fire fighters rallied outside New York’s City Hall against proposed budget cuts and station house closings, on March 12, while the City Council passed a peace resolution, making NYC the 140 municipality to officially oppose the Bush administration’s war drive.
Bush brings U.S. into illegal war
With layer upon layer of misrepresentation, exaggeration, and outright lies, George W. Bush and his war cabinet have recklessly flung our nation into an illegitimate, illegal, and unnecessary war.
War, economy fueling 2004 presidential race
The 2004 presidential elections are a year and a half away, but Bush’s global and class war policies are already heating up the race.
Millions condemn Iraq war
WASHINGTON – With U.S. war planes and troops poised for combat with Iraq, peace forces vowed to continue the fight against war.
New wave of protests circles the globe
For the second time in four weeks, demonstrators filled the streets in hundreds of cities around the world to protest the Bush administration’s drive to war against Iraq in defiance of the United Nations and world public opinion.
