New Socialist Worker:
Victim of the US War—HOW DARE BUSH TALK OF JUSTICE

"We value life," George W. Bush declared in a speech last week in Atlanta. But not if you live in Afghanistan--where the U.S. government is using some of the most hideous weapons of mass destruction ever known and allying itself with warlords intent on looting and massacres.

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History of U.S. violence across the globe
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Global justice and the war

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Why the U.S. won’t wage a "just" war

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UPS ignores the anthrax threat

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