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  • Hi-tech phonebanking targets key voters

    Hi-tech phonebanking targets key voters

    October 8, 2004

    Workers’ Correspondence NEW YORK — Citizen Action is a grassroots organization dedicated to defeating the right-wing administration in the White House. Along with America Coming Together (ACT), a national coalition of labor and community organizations, Citizen...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    October 8, 2004

    China: Gov’t issues new anti-poverty measures China’s State Council (cabinet) last week outlined measures to ease the growing gap between rich and poor, and urged local authorities to improve their systems of welfare and disaster relief....

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  • White House backs Israeli assault on Gaza

    White House backs Israeli assault on Gaza

    October 8, 2004

    UNITED NATIONS — The United States vetoed a draft UN resolution Oct. 5 demanding an immediate end to the massive Israeli military thrust into the Gaza Strip that has claimed at least 83 lives. Eleven members...

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  • New book on Cuban 5 accents family bonds

    New book on Cuban 5 accents family bonds

    October 8, 2004

    At a public meeting in Havana on Sept. 18, the book “El Dulce Abismo” (The Sweet Abyss) was introduced to the world. As an index of the book’s significance, Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National...

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  • Haitian regime escalates repression

    Haitian regime escalates repression

    October 8, 2004

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia — According to an American filmmaker and journalist living in Haiti, the country’s U.S.-installed government is intensifying its repression of supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Speaking via telephone from Haiti to a...

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