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ALA rejects U.S.-backed libraries in Cuba

May 22, 2003

Among the 75 dissidents recently convicted on subversion charges in Cuba are so-called “independent librarians.” Their arrest drew howls of protest from the Bush administration and Cuban emigres in Miami. But Ann Sparanese, a librarian at...

From the Charleston 5 victory to the 2004 elections

May 22, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

An interview with Ken Riley The following interview with Kenneth Riley Jr., president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422 in Charleston, S.C., took place during the recent convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse...

Over 100 cities challenge Patriot Act

May 22, 2003

Civil liberties groups hailed passage yesterday evening of a pro-civil liberties resolution by the Baltimore City Council, making the largest city in Maryland the 108th community nationwide to officially express concern over unnecessary erosions of basic...

Flags fly at half-mast for Sisulu

May 16, 2003

Walter Sisulu, who together with Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo led the campaign that freed South Africa from the grip of apartheid, died on May 5, only days before his 91st birthday. In a tribute to...

Letters

May 16, 2003

Solutions and the Communist Party The Communist Party has for 84 years been the major organized, incorruptible opposition to capitalism in the USA. It has been in the forefront of organizing workers into unions and as...