What do Katrina, 9/11 and the War on Iraq have in Common?
Three holocausts in four years with a balance of over 20,000 dead, billions of dollars in allocations for the crusade against terrorism and the failing war effort in Iraq, is what George W. Bush has to show in 57 months as President.
Latinos for Peace
Ending the US occupation of Iraq and bringing our troops home is a top priority for Latino communities and all the people of the United States. The invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the policy of preemptive war move our country in the wrong direction in foreign and domestic policy.
The Popularity of Peace and Presidents
Numerous media organizations regularly poll members of the public on whether they approve of the President's job performance. Uniformly, these polls show a dramatic upsurge in approval of Bush immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, but a decline in approval following Hurricane Katrina.
Anti-War Events Building to September 24th
On September 15, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and other congress members will be holding hearings on Capitol Hill on the issue of creating an exit strategy for Iraq. This event will be nine days before what organizers are hoping will be the biggest ever march against the war in Washington.
THE GULF WARS
The effects of Katrina are tragic, causing death, the disruption of lives, and the loss of property on an unimaginable scale. Although Katrina was a natural catastrophe, its effects were largely avoidable and parallel another tragedy unfolding daily near another Gulf, 7000 miles away.
Missing the Forest for the Uprooted Floating Trees
The trillion dollar question has long been: How do we get the major media outlets in this country to notice that the White House is run by oil barons who launch illegal wars based on lies, defund everything else, and destroy the environment at every opportunity – and that this is a single, connected story?
Bush’s War Made the Gulf Coast a Dangerous Place to Be
When the White House says, 'This isn’t a time for politics,' it usually means they are trying to deflect negative publicity. And those were White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s exact words after criticism aimed at federally-managed relief services and the failure to round up enough National Guard personnel in the hardest hit states of Louisiana and Mississippi following hurricane Katrina.
Yuppies and the Peace Movement
The single biggest reason that the peace movement is not larger and more aggressive is that people with one foot in it are focused on trying to be respectable in the eyes of the corporate media, for their own sake and – in their misguided view – for the sake of the movement.
On the Iraqi Council of Ministers’ attack on ILO core conventions
The Iraqi working people are playing an important role in the development of the new Iraq and are helping in the re-building of Iraq's devastated national economy.
Iraq: Statement About Bridge Stampede Catastrophe
Mousa said that “our efforts are broad and multifarious, on all fronts, to close ranks, overcome old problems, open up a new page for the Iraqi people, consolidate ties of brotherhood and the sense of citizenship and equality among citizens, against sectarianism and sectarian bigotry, against terrorism and terrorists.'
