by Gerry Foley / March 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The response of the anti-American Shiite Islamic leaders to the Feb. 22 bombing of the Al Askariya mosque in Samarra—such as the Hezbullah in Lebanon and the leaders of the Islamic republic of Iran—was to blame it on the United States and Israel. That … Continue reading Sectarian Violence in Iraq Fanned by U.S. Occupation →

by Christine Marie / March 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper HARTFORD—Over 60 organizations and 800 individuals in Connecticut have signed a call for a Third Anniversary march against the war to be held in New Haven on March 18 and demanding "Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for Reconstruction of the Gulf Coast, Not … Continue reading CT Organizing for March 18 Protests →

by John Leslie / March 2006 issue of Socialist Action newspaper TRENTON, N.J.—On Feb. 4, about 30 activists, students, and community members gathered here for the “Teach-In on the War and Counter Recruitment,” organized by the Trenton Antiwar Organizing Committee. The TAOC is a community-based project of the College of New Jersey Progressive Student Alliance, … Continue reading Trenton Antiwar Teach-In: “A Good First Step” →

by Michael G. Livingston / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper On the eve of the Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal, the Bush administration was starting to feel the heat, both literally and politically, for its position on global warming. The U.S. kept a low profile at … Continue reading Montreal Summit: Bush Feels the Heat →

by Jeff Mackler & George Saunders / Dec. 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper On Nov. 17 Pennsylvania Democratic Party Congressman John Murtha proposed on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to “redeploy” the nearly 160,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq within six months. Pandemonium followed. Murtha is a right-winger to the core … Continue reading Congress Debates ‘Redeployment’ of U.S. Military Forces in Iraq →

by Gerry Foley / November 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The real import of the Oct. 15 referendum on the Iraqi constitutional referendum was indicated by U.S. air strikes in the Ramadi area immediately after the vote. The constitution was ratified over nearly unanimous opposition from the Sunni population. The U.S. military trumpeted that … Continue reading War Escalates Despite Iraqi Vote on New Constitution →

by Jeff Mackler / October 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The reality of the war in Iraq—with its slaughter of innocent people, its toll on American lives (nearly 2000 are dead and 18,000 wounded) and the countless hundreds of billion dollars wasted in pursuit of oil and profit—has broken through the combined efforts of … Continue reading U.S. Majority Demands Troops Out Now! →

by Gerry Foley / October 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper An administration more and more reduced to incoherence and incompetence by opening floodgates to private profiteering is proving no more capable of social projects in Iraq than in the United States. And its failures on both fronts are contributing to its overall lost of … Continue reading Corporate Piracy in Iraq Fosters Chaos of Warring Gangs →

The following statement was sent on Aug. 20 to 350 organizations and individuals who had signed the Unity Statement initiated by the Emergency Ad Hoc Committee for a United Demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24, 2005. Over the past several months, the overwhelming majority of antiwar activists and their organizations made unmistakably clear that … Continue reading Statement by Emergency Committee for a United Demonstration on Sept. 24 →

by Gerry Foley / September 2005 issue Socialist Action With the repeated postponements of the Iraq National Assembly’s deadline for approving the U.S.-sponsored constitution, thunderclouds of potential civil war darkened over the country. The internal conflicts in Iraq did offer the imperialists possibilities for playing off one group against another. But increasingly, the U.S. rulers … Continue reading U.S. Entangled in its Own Web in Iraq →

by Joe Auciello / September 2005 issue Socialist Action As U.S. fatalities in Iraq approach 1900, and as an ABC News/ Washington Post poll reveals a majority of Americans now believe the Bush administration "deliberately misled" the nation into war, the military and political prospects for the U.S. government continue to worsen. President Bush’s approval … Continue reading The War at Home →

by Gerry Foley / August 2005 issue of Socialist Action As the strains and costs of the U.S. occupation of Iraq mount, Washington and its military commanders have begun promising that they are going to start bringing some of the troops home. In fact, nearly half of the U.S. contingent is National Guard troops, who … Continue reading Bush Talks of Troop Cuts as Iraq Attacks Escalate →

September 24, 2005 has been set as the date for national demonstrations by the U.S. antiwar movement. We will return to the streets of the nation’s capital, and elsewhere, with a force determined to challenge the continuation of a brutal and immoral war and occupation. That the Iraqi War is the central issue in world … Continue reading Call For A United Antiwar Movement — We Must All March Together on September 24! →

by Gerry Foley / July 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The regime charged with presiding over the reactionary adventures of a declining American capitalism is now clearly getting into deeper and deeper water. The New York Times/CBS poll released June 17 reported that only a minority (42 percent) of potential U.S. voters approved of … Continue reading Occupation of Iraq is Leading U.S. Forces Into a Morass →