Opinion

I'd like to thank Dynamic Magazine for covering so thoroughly the Bush Administration's drive to war and empire, and the peace movement's struggle to curtail it.

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In the aftermath of September 11, United States foreign policy shifted radically to the right. President Bush has declared an unending "War on Terror," with no clearly defined guidelines or objectives save for those that Bush declares. In an attempt to establish U.S. unilateralism, the U.S. has set about to target any nation that has dared to oppose U.S. policy, both economic and regarding the "War on Terror." The latest target of this campaign has been Cuba.

There's a growing urgency among our working class community to stop the war in Iraq. The war on Iraq is projected to cost $9 billion a month. This translates into budget cuts in our schools, jobs and social services. We have to stop this war before it starts.

Our country is being devastated by the Bush administration. Like the miners in Pennsylvania who survived because they stuck together, we the people can pull ourselves out of danger with our vote in the 2002 elections.

Displacement is an act of force. Displacement is when working class and poor people are forcibly pushed out of their community so more affluent people and businesses can move in for the purpose of profit and destabilizing communities.