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  • Letters

    Letters

    June 24, 2005

    Global AIDS crisis I work massaging clients with AIDS and HIV under the Ryan White CARE Act. Every year we worry about funding. In Illinois we are lucky because our state Legislature passed extra funding for...

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  • Editorial: An uneasy summer

    Editorial: An uneasy summer

    June 24, 2005

    On the first day of summer, June 21, the Winn-Dixie grocery chain, located primarily in the Southeast, announced that 22,000 workers would end up on the street and over 300 stores will be darkened. Earlier this...

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  • Labor Update

    Labor Update

    June 24, 2005

    Unity resolutions Three central labor councils in Ohio passed resolutions this week calling for labor unity in response to warnings of a possible split in the U.S. labor movement. CLCs in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus (Franklin...

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  • Capital campaign tops $330,000

    Capital campaign tops $330,000

    June 24, 2005

    CHICAGO — The campaign to raise money for three working-class centers of unity, action and education reached $330,000 last week, just $70,000 shy of its $400,000 goal. With two weeks left in the campaign, spokespeople for...

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  • Bolivias crisis unresolved, say Communists

    Bolivias crisis unresolved, say Communists

    June 17, 2005

    LA PAZ, Bolivia — The resignation of President Carlos Mesa, said the Communist Party of Bolivia, “has not solved the political crisis that burdens our country.” The statement, made by Marcos Domich, first secretary of the...

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