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Editorials

September 5, 2003

Sept. 11 – where are we headed? On the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy, it’s appropriate to look back and also to see where our country is headed. On Sept. 11, 2001, our country...

The legacy of Benjamin J. Davis

September 5, 2003 By Jarvis Tyner

**See below: “The making of a Communist” by Benjamin J. Davis ** This is the centennial of the birth of a former New York City Council member from Harlem and a remarkable African-American leader: Benjamin J....

International Notes

September 5, 2003

Chile: Pinochet trial blocked Chile’s appeals court has blocked the latest effort to bring former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet to justice for the disappearances and killings of thousands of political opponents including Communist Party members, following...

50 years later, new plots against Iran

September 5, 2003

“Regime change” is not a new policy. Fifty years ago, on Aug. 19, 1953, the CIA with British assistance embarked on a similar policy with catastrophic consequences. Its damaging effects are still being felt in the...

Chile remembers 1973 coup

September 5, 2003

Chileans are commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fascist coup and the murder of former President Salvador Allende on Sept. 11, 1973, in a variety of ways. Allende was the first Socialist to win the position...