Monthly Archives: May 2003

Poem: Untitled

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Meg Miner

On North Prospect Avenue Disembodied flags floating above Prospect What prospects are there for those facing them? What do they mean? Looming, warning, “How dare you forget” – they say I didn’t forget And hey, that’s my flag, too. “Bought … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts | Leave a comment

IMC Capital Campaign for a Permanent Home

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Mike Lehman

The Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center recently kicked off its Capital Campaign to raise funds to purchase a permanent home for its independent media and arts programs. Since its founding in the fall of 2000, the UCIMC has outgrown our … Continue reading →

Posted in UC-IMC | Leave a comment

The Neoliberal Noose Hanging Nicaragua

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Meghan Krausch

Managua, March 10, 2003 I sat and watched Claudia, a small pregnant woman of about twenty with two children at home. After asking how and why she had refused a large bribe from her former employer, Yu Jin, I realized … Continue reading →

Posted in International | Leave a comment

Meet the Coalition

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Sarah Boyer

Peppered throughout broadcast and print media reports on the Iraq War is the term “coalition”. Very early in the war, Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared on Fox News with Brit Hume and described the coalition members as “part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Wartime Reflections from Spain

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Jim Kotowski

One thing that I remember of the Spanish people, when I was here 15 years ago as a young American study abroad student, was their attention to political matters. I never was part of one, but they seemed to have … Continue reading →

Posted in International | Leave a comment

View from Guatelamala

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Jessica Pupovac

As the war in Iraq progresses, I feel the need to share with you, my friends and family, a little bit about what it feels like to live outside of the US during this frightening time. Here in Guatemala, there … Continue reading →

Posted in International | Leave a comment

Impeachment: Something Worth Voting For

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Lisa Chason

When President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General John D. Ashcroft are eventually impeached for crimes against humanity, we can look back and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Protests, a Reflection

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Mort Brussel

At this time of frustration and anger over U.S. aggression against Iraq, the question of what can be done to thwart the seemingly inevitable and devastating course of events has arisen. There are questions about the usefulness of the protest … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

VVAW Should Not be Forgotten

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Robert Dunn

As a son of a veteran, I have seen the effects of war on a soldier by witnessing flashbacks and listening to my father’s horror stories from ’Nam. In a sense, I had to live through Vietnam with him as … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Veterans | Leave a comment

The Anti-Semitism Debate

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Al Kagan

What do the names Berman, Rosenzweig, and Kagan have in common? They are all Jewish  names, and they belong to activist librarians who have worked for justice for Palestinians  wherever they have lived. I have participated with two colleagues in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Honor the Warrior, Not the War

Posted on 05/21/2003 by Joseph Miller

Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) always organizes under the above slogan, during Memorial Day or Veterans Day events in cities like Chicago, or through participation in national and international demonstrations such as this past February 15 and the veteran-organized … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Veterans | Leave a comment