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Peace starts with ending occupation

April 19, 2002

EAST JERUSALEM – Last night, April 16, helicopters were heard overhead as Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) entered neighborhoods here and curfews continued in Ramallah and Bethlehem. Heavy shelling near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem...

PWW journalist heads to Mideast eyewitness coverage of occupation of Palestine

April 18, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

Judith Le Blanc, vice chairwoman of the Communist Party USA and correspondent for the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo, left April 14 for a two week tour of the Middle East and the Occupied Territories. Le Blanc...

Solidarity paves the way for new union gains at Yale

April 12, 2002 By Joelle Fishman

“We will cross the finish line together.” These words of Rev. Emilio Hernandez, delivered to a standing ovation at a packed union-neighborhood meeting, are reverberating throughout the city. “We will not lose our vision of better...

The unemployment picture: No light at the end of the tunnel

April 12, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

A month ago, when the unemployment rate declined slightly for the second consecutive month, media headlines trumpeted the end of the recession. This month, both the rate and number of unemployed rose again, more than wiping...

Israeli peace movement grows

April 12, 2002

TEL AVIV – Although a majority of Israelis support Sharon’s “Lebanon War II,” the peace camp is gathering increasing strength. A recent poll showed over 70 percent of Israelis supporting the withdrawal of Jewish settlements in...