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Letters

June 13, 2003

New film on Venezuela coup PWW readers are now able to purchase, on video, the highly acclaimed documentary film “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Made by a group of Irish filmmakers, the film is a...

Editorials

June 13, 2003

Rx: Make three calls now The Medicare prescription drug scheme being promoted by the president along with Republican and some Democratic congressmen is not just a lousy drug program. It’s the front end of a steamroller...

June 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs

June 13, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Think back to the political climate of the early 1950s: Senator Joseph McCarthy on the prowl. Alger Hiss convicted of “losing China.” Eleven leaders of the Communist Party convicted of “conspiracy to teach and advocate the...

Conyers and ACLU slam new Ashcroft power grab

June 13, 2003

WASHINGTON – Civil liberties activists, led by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), denounced Attorney General John Ashcroft’s demand that Congress grant him wider police-state powers by passing the so-called “Patriot...

Drive launched to reverse FCC vote

June 13, 2003

The Stop Media Monopoly Petition, a campaign to reverse the FCC’s decision to allow further monopolization of the media, already has nearly 200,000 signers, evidence that Americans don’t want a few big companies controlling their access...