Article Listing

  • EDITORIALS

    EDITORIALS

    February 25, 2005

    Glad-handing is not enough Grinning and glad-handing every prime minister who crossed his path, President George W. Bush crisscrossed Europe last week, seeking to repair U.S.-European relations wrecked by his pre-emptive war on Iraq. The president...

    Read more
  • Battle over tsunami relief: Indian women challenge systemic inequality

    Battle over tsunami relief: Indian women challenge systemic inequality

    February 25, 2005

    TAMIL NADU, India — “The sea was like boiling milk. But after the first wave, it was like boiling milk with rice in it, from the sediment the sea churned up,” said the man from the...

    Read more
  • Free or low cost tax filing for union members

    Free or low cost tax filing for union members

    February 25, 2005

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — Tax filing for union members is free if your adjusted gross income is under $28,500 with the new Union Plus online tax service. For other union members, the service costs $21.95 — half...

    Read more
  • Bush shows arrogance, deceit on Blacks and Social Security

    Bush shows arrogance, deceit on Blacks and Social Security

    February 25, 2005 By David Lawrence

    Desperate to turn Social Security into an entitlement program for corporations, President Bush and his right-wing cronies have been making ever more wild and bizarre statements in the face of massive opposition. Bush recently stated that...

    Read more
  • Longshore union honors struggle against apartheid

    Longshore union honors struggle against apartheid

    February 25, 2005

    SAN FRANCISCO — Local 10 members and friends jammed the Henry Schmidt room at the union hall Dec. 3 to remember the union’s historic struggle against racism in South Africa. Workers refuse to handle cargo Twenty...

    Read more