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Lou Bortz

October 31, 2002

CLEVELAND – Longtime Communist Party activist Lou Bortz died here Aug. 16. He was 92 years old. Bortz was one of 10 children of an immigrant shoemaker from Czarist Lithuania. He finished ninth grade in New...

James Herndon,1925-2002

October 31, 2002

James Herndon, progressive attorney and lifelong social activist, died Sept. 17. He was 77 years old. Jim, as he was known to his friends and family, was a man of keen intellect and deep commitment to...

Brazils Lula is victorious

October 31, 2002

On Oct. 27, the overwhelming majority of Brazilians awarded Luiz Inacio da Silva, known by all as Lula, with a resounding victory in the nation’s presidential elections. Lula won with over 61 percent of the vote,...

Letters

October 25, 2002

Part of the system I certainly appreciated Sam Webb’s centerspread article “A threat to humanity: Bush’s new military doctrine.” (10/19) I think the article could have emphasized the “why” of the ruling class obsession with aggression...

Editorials

October 25, 2002

There’s still time One thing can be said about the Bush administration: No administration in history has been so focused – and so far so successful – in protecting the interests of the rich and super-rich....