Opinion
Many years ago, Italian children’s author Carlo Collodi wrote a story about a wooden marionette, Pinocchio. This story comes to mind when people lie repeatedly – like Pinocchio, we imagine their noses growing as the lies get bigger. 
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Apr 3, 2004
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Opinion
The Southern California grocery strikers are true working-class heroes. Seventy thousand held fast to their strike over four and a half months, a remarkable achievement in the current “jobless recovery.”
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SAN SALVADOR – Far from being a victory for democracy, El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election made a mockery of free and democratic elections.
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Merritt College, a community college with a long history of engagement in people’s struggles, was the site Feb. 18 for Oakland’s “unveiling” of the Black Heritage series stamp honoring civil rights and civil liberties hero Paul Robeson.
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SACRAMENTO – In an emotional ceremony followed by the playing of taps, members of Veterans for Peace unveiled a graphic, oversized “Iraq War Memorial Wall” next to the Vietnam War Memorial at the California State Capitol on March 21.
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In explosive revelations this week, former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke charged that the Bush administration had little interest in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks except for how they could be used to promote war on Iraq.
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NEW YORK – People from all walks of life gathered here March 20 to rally, march and demand the Bush administration return the troops home and end the occupation of Iraq. Anti-Bush sentiments were high among the estimated 100,000 people from up and down the East Coast. click here for Spanish text
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Nothing could be finer than to be in North Carolina March 20 when the crab apples were in bloom and more than 800 people marched through town chanting, “Bring the troops home, now!”
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The Israeli government’s assassination of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin has ignited a firestorm of outrage and turmoil throughout the Middle East and far beyond.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Carolina del Norte – Más de 800 personas marcharon por esta ciudad voceando, “Vuelvan las tropas a casa, ahora”.
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