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Americans respond to State of the Union:What about jobs?

January 23, 2004

George W. Bush delivered the 2004 State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people on Jan. 20, and afterwards many people asked: What Union and world was he talking about?

Aaron Cohen: Educator, organizer

January 16, 2004

Longtime Communist leader, educator and union organizer Aaron Cohen died Dec. 12 at the Oakland retirement community where he had lived in recent years. He was nearly 95 years old. A CPUSA National Committee member for...

Whats wrong with no-match letters

January 16, 2004

Opinion Last week, President Bush announced a vague plan to deal with the 8 to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The plan has been denounced because it fails to guarantee what SEIU Executive...

Sports, politics, and organizing

January 16, 2004

Opinion The review of Lester Rodney’s book, “Press Box Red,” (PWW 11/22-28/03) evoked memories. I was a high schooler when I was invited to participate in two activities sponsored by the New Haven, Conn., Young Communist...

Letters

January 16, 2004

Attack on labor studies Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has just terminated the funding for the University of California Institute for Labor and Employment, a new and vital center for labor education and strategic planning, using the California...