VA Seeks to Punish Iraq War Veterans
The Veterans Affairs Department is currently reviewing approximately one-third of the cases of veterans who are receiving disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
News Roundup: Iraq, Bush taxes, terror hoax and more
Iraqis voters overwhelmingly favor troop withdrawal from their country. New report shows the Iraq war costs US taxpayers almost $6 billion per month. To pay for it, big business and Republican-dominated tax advisory panel plans to advise Bush to raise taxes on working families. Was the New York terror hoax a diversionary tactic?
New Orleans Development: Capitalism Gone Disgustingly Mad
A socialist society, and only a socialist society, can plan seriously for the welfare and well-being of the entire population, sans speculators and profiteers. A capitalist society, however, chastened by a strong labor movement and [the] left can tax and regulate the capitalist class, and institute price controls (as capitalist states do in wartime) to prevent the 'scavengers real estate boom' that New Orleans is currently experiencing.
Coalition Builds Momentum on Universal Health Care
With over 45 million people without any health care coverage, according to Census Bureau surveys, Marilyn Clement, national coordinator of Healthcare Now!, sees no other alternative but to campaign tirelessly for universal health care...Support for the Healthcare Now! coalition’s goal of passing the Conyers Bill is growing...supporters have organized public events in 90 cities over the next few months.
New Orleans exposes Bush’s war on the poor of the world: Interview with Remy Herrera
The New Orleans tragedy has demonstrated that the Bush administration is showing the same contempt for the poor in its own nation as for the peoples of the South, including Cuba, affirms Remy Herrera, a researcher with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) of France, and a professor at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
