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Steelworkers fight for America’s future

December 21, 2001

STEEL CITY SOLIDARITY CAMP – Steelworkers from LTV Steel Corporation took the fight to save their jobs, pensions and health-care benefits to Capitol Hill last week. “This fight is for industrial America. It’s not just about...

The misleading of the people

December 14, 2001

I work as a physician in a public hospital in Chicago. I take my time chatting with patients (I do not live under the mercy of HMOs). I treat people of different ages, genders, ethnicities, social...

Farm bill update: no good news yet

December 14, 2001

When I was a young, innocent and self-important poet, I planned to call my first book of poems “Cassandra.” Cassandra was a prophet in Greek mythology. A god who loved her gave her an unparalleled gift...

Israeli demonstrators say End occupation

December 14, 2001

JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israelis marched on West Jerusalem’s Paris Square last Saturday to protest the war policies of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Carrying banners that read “Stop this Man” and “End Occupation of the Palestinian...

Chilean police attack Communist offices

December 14, 2001

Hundreds of Carabineros (national police), armed with with water cannons and tear gas bombs, attacked the offices of the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) in Santiago Nov. 28. About 40 members of the CPC, including its...