Apr 19, 2003

“Death threats are not new for us. It is a way of life here. Every family in Colombia has come to terms with violence. Everyone in Colombia knows of a relative who has been tortured, disappeared, or killed – treated in the most grotesque ways.”

2004 elections: Key to stopping Bush / Is Syria next?

Opinion


With U.S. troops seizing control of Baghdad, a triumphant and self-congratulatory mood is enveloping the Bush administration. Bush is aglow as the self-appointed liberator and champion of a democratic Iraq and Middle East while Rumsfeld is acting like the first great freedom warrior of the 21st century.

Opinion


This is the centennial year of the publication of Dr. W.E.B. DuBois’ classic The Souls of Black Folk, first published April 18, 1903. The centennial takes place at a time when the Bush administration has come out openly against affirmative action and is simultaneously flouting immigrant rights, democratic rights, and the rights of working people overall.

Opinion


“César Chávez? Oh, yeah, wasn’t he a great boxer?” This is an all too common answer to the question, “Who was César Chávez?”

Opinion


Recently there has been a spate of hateful responses to people who expressed opposition to the unjust war in Iraq. Opposition has been equated to not supporting our troops in the field. This is absolutely false.

Opinion


“Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war;”

– Julius Caesar (III.i)

It would be easy to take this quote at face value. But, Will Shakespeare had much more in mind. He tells us so in Henry V. We find in the prologue, Henry, the drunken “waster” who becomes king, that “at his heels, leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire crouch for employment” and “busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels.”

NEW YORK – As its contribution to Media Democracy Week, the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), hosted a conference titled “Media Democracy: Where it’s Headed.”

NEW YORK – May Day will be celebrated in New York with a dinner for peace, sponsored by the People’s Weekly World. The event will feature Sam Webb, national chairman of the Communist Party USA, who will be speaking on the subject, “A peaceful world is possible.”