Creating a Peaceful Response to Terrorism

Wednesday March 19, at 6:51 p.m., a DC-3 Aerotaxi belonging to Empresa Nacional de Servicios Aéreos (registration CUT-1 192, flight number CNI877), took off from Nueva Gerona Airport on the Isla de la Juventud bound for Havana. It carried 31 passengers, a crew of five and an escort. The passengers included 25 Cuban adults, an Italian citizen and five children.

"Imperialism and the Struggle for Peace in the 21st Century."

Portions of this National Meeting on Peace and Solidarity of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) were webcast live from Chicago via streaming audio right here at www.cpusa.org.

Saturday March 16th:

Click here to hear the full streaming audio of the Opening Report -- Turn around the Bush Administration policy of unending war at home and abroad.

Click here to hear the full streaming audio of the Panel Presentations on Peace Campaigns

Sunday March 17th:

Click here to hear the full streaming audio of the Panel Presentations on Solidarity

Since the horrific events of Sept. 11, much has been said about the desperate situation of the Afghani people now crushed under the heel of the theocratic, dictatorial Taliban, and about the role of the Northern Alliance and other Taliban opponents who now figure in Washington's plans for the region. Some background helps shed light on the current crisis.

The terrorist attack on Sept. 11 has shaken all of us. Few things will be the same. A sea change has occurred in our nation's life.