The key challenge for the left today remains that of ending the occupation of Iraq, which did not end with the January 30 elections. A majority of people in the United States now thinks the invasion of Iraq was not worth the high price that has been paid as a consequence. Yet an enormous gap exists between this sentiment and the level of political activity against the occupation.
Author: Anthony Arnove
ANTHONY ARNOVE is editor of Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War and two books with Howard Zinn, Voices of a People's History of the United States and Terrorism and War. He is on the editorial board of International Socialist Review.
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