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United for Peace & Justice Organizer Leslie Cagan Speaks On the State of the Anti-War Movement After the Invasion of Iraq

This weekend United for Peace and Justice organizer Leslie Cagan spoke at the American Spirit, Values & Power: Resisting "Empire," Affirming Our Vision. The conference took place at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.
May 06, 2003 | Story
Did Donald Rumsfeld Aid North Korea's Nuclear Program?: A New Report Reveals Rumsfeld Was On Board of Zurich Firm Abb Which Sold North Korea Two Nuclear Reactors

A new report reveals Rumsfeld was on the board of Zurich-based firm ABB which sold North Korea two nuclear reactors. [includes rush transcript]
May 02, 2003 | Story
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference Opens to Discuss Nuclear Issues in An Age of Preemptive Attacks: Rebecca Johnson of the Journal Disarmament Diplomacy Joins US From Geneva

North Korea said today it will regard any U.S. move to seek U.N. sanctions as "the green light to a war." The official North Korean news agency said the country will take defensive measures.
Apr 30, 2003 | Story
Who Really Saved Private Jessica Lynch?

The capture of the American POW might be one of the most heralded stories of the Iraq invasion but a British reporter claims the U.S. media got the story all wrong
Apr 28, 2003 | Story
An Exclusive Look at a U.S. Bombing in Iraq That Killed Three Family Members in Iraq: Journalist Julia Guest Discusses the Tragedy She Came Across While Reporting in Iraq

A month ago a U.S. bomb landed on an Iraqi farmhouse. Three Iraqi civilians were killed. They were all members of the same family. The story received no attention in the international press but independent journalist Julia Guest came across the scene a day after the attack and files this report.
Apr 25, 2003 | Story
Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz Turns Himself in to US Forces

Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill and journalist Dilip Hiro talk about Aziz.
Apr 25, 2003 | Story
Poet and Writer Grace Paley Joins us in the Studio to Talk About the Peace Movement and the Role of Poets in a Time of War

It has been a tough year for poets. Two months ago Laura Bush cancelled a White House poetry symposium honoring Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman. The First Lady feared the invited poets may invoke poems critical of invading Iraq. [includes rush transcript]
Apr 24, 2003 | Story
<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I> Fires Reporter for Protesting

The San Francisco Chronicle has fired technology columnist Henry Norr who was arrested while taking part in an anti-war rally last month. Norr was participating in the massive direct action protests that spread across the Bay area on the day after the U.S. invasion of Iraq began.
Apr 24, 2003 | Story
A Look at the First Newspaper Published in Iraq After the Invasion

For decades, every legally published newspaper in Iraq devoted their front pages to a single subject–the glorification of Saddam Hussein. In post-invasion Iraq, the front-page article of the first newspaper to be distributed in Baghdad speaks out against Iraq’s new rulers. The leading article reads:
Apr 24, 2003 | Story
Precarious Situation in Baghdad: Report From Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness

In Baghdad, hundreds of Shiites yesterday staged demonstrations outside the Palestine Hotel for the second straight day. They demanded the release of Baghdad’s leading Shiite cleric Sheikh Muhammad al-Fartusi, who they said had been arrested by US forces.
Apr 23, 2003 | Story

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United for Peace & Justice Organizer Leslie Cagan Speaks On the State of the Anti-War Movement After the Invasion of Iraq

Did Donald Rumsfeld Aid North Korea's Nuclear Program?: A New Report Reveals Rumsfeld Was On Board of Zurich Firm Abb Which Sold North Korea Two Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference Opens to Discuss Nuclear Issues in An Age of Preemptive Attacks: Rebecca Johnson of the Journal Disarmament Diplomacy Joins US From Geneva

Who Really Saved Private Jessica Lynch?

An Exclusive Look at a U.S. Bombing in Iraq That Killed Three Family Members in Iraq: Journalist Julia Guest Discusses the Tragedy She Came Across While Reporting in Iraq

Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz Turns Himself in to US Forces

Poet and Writer Grace Paley Joins us in the Studio to Talk About the Peace Movement and the Role of Poets in a Time of War

<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I> Fires Reporter for Protesting

A Look at the First Newspaper Published in Iraq After the Invasion

Precarious Situation in Baghdad: Report From Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness

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