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World/Mundo names Wood labor editor

July 10, 2003

Roberta “Bobbie” Wood, 54, was recently named labor editor by the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo editorial board. Wood, a retired jouneyman instrument mechanic and member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 9, is legislative vice-president...

Union solidarity gets the job done!

July 4, 2003

Workers’ correspondence Creative tactics on the part of 360 workers at Johanna Foods’ Flemington, N.J., plant, overcame a “take it or leave it” proposal by company president Robert Fascina that included a new 50 percent co-pay...

Kucinich vows to challenge monopolies

July 4, 2003

ELGIN, Ill. – On June 21, Dennis Kucinich took his campaign for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party into the home territory of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, one of George W. Bush’s closest allies. Speaking...

Black Radical Congress charts course

July 4, 2003

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Black Radical Congress (BRC) brought together 200 activists at Seton Hall University during the weekend of June 20-22 to discuss “War, Racism and Repression: Confronting the U.S. Empire.” There was full...

Movie Review: Capitalisms victims

July 4, 2003

Movie Review: Capitalism’s victims Lilya 4-ever, dir. Lukas Moodysson Lilya 4-ever is a heart-wrenching story. It is a film about abandonment and the betrayal of trust by individuals and government leaders promising a better world. Enter...