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International Womens Day has come a long way, yet liberation is still elusive
March 9, 2007International Women’s Day has come a long way since its inception in 1908. Governments recognize it. Numerous groups, unions and international bodies continue its mission. The United Nations International Women’s Day theme this year is Ending...
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Celebrating Black history in Connecticut
March 9, 2007Proclaiming the theme, “We Will Not Be Silent,” the 33rd annual African American History Month celebrations of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo in Connecticut stirred inspiration and activism last weekend. At events in Hartford and New...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD
March 9, 2007Rage and Wu are back! Guerilla Union’s Rock The Bells music festival is scheduled this summer and is about to make history again with Rage Against The Machine, who will reunite and rock the stage headlining...
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Privatization, no way
March 9, 2007NEW YORK — Students, parents and teachers fed up with the Bloomberg administration’s drive to privatize public education took over Second Avenue for an evening rally Feb. 27, to protest plans by Mayor Bloomberg and Schools...
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Immigrant rights struggle continues, in and out of Congress
March 9, 2007The massive immigrant rights protests last year stopped Senate passage of the repressive HR 4437. But because the Republicans controlled Congress, it was not possible to pass legislation for legalization of the 12 million undocumented. Now...
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