News – Page 5448 – People's World

Vietnam beats SARS, but Asia still at risk

May 7, 2003

NEW DELHI – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a form of pneumonia, is spreading across Asia. Thousands are in hospitals and the death toll is several hundred. The most affected nations are China including Hong Kong,...

Support for Israeli refuseniks urged

May 7, 2003

On April 15, five more young men joined the growing ranks of Israelis who refuse to enlist in the military because of their conscientious objection to the occupation of the Palestinian Territories, and to the actions...

War against Iraq devastates prospects for Middle East peace and democracy

May 7, 2003

The Tudeh Party of Iran, founded in 1942 out of the labor and communist movements, has carried forward the struggle for peace, democracy and socialism in that country despite decades of the fiercest repression by reactionary...

Union-busting, war profiteering: a corporate tie

May 7, 2003

News Analysis Many Americans had never heard of Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), until it was awarded a $4.8 million contract to open and operate the port of Umm Qasr in war-torn Iraq. SSA was up...

ILWU convenes with eye on future battles

May 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

The experiences of a hard-fought contract battle against a gang up that included the Pacific Maritime Association, a coalition of retailers and the Bush administration will loom large in the minds of delegates to 32nd Convention...