GLW issue 560, published 2003-11-05.

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A woman's place is in the struggle: US Congress legalises new torture for pregnant women

On October 25, US President George Bush announced that he would sign into law the ban on very late-term abortions (mistakenly referred to as "partial-birth" by right-wingers) passed by the US Senate on October 21. When he does, it will be the first

UNITED STATES: Military families lead big anti-war protests

BY DOUG LORIMER Chants of "Hell no, we won't go, we won't fight for Texaco!" and "Hey Bush, we know you, your daddy was a liar, too!" echoed through the streets of downtown Washington on October 25 as around 100,000 people marched in the largest US

IRAQ: US elite fears Bush is losing Iraq war

BY ROHAN PEARCE "The more successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react", US President George Bush commented after the coordinated detonation of car bombs at four different targets in Baghdad on October 27. "The more progress

Pilger: 'Bring the criminals to justice'

[This message was sent by journalist John Pilger to the October 22 Sydney protest against the visit of US President George Bush.] This demonstration, and our anger, is not simply directed at a foreign politician we don't like and like to poke fun
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