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Raising money, raising hell for a fighting newspaper
October 14, 2005“Unite to Fight” blue rubber wristbands, union-made buttons that say “Rebuild America, Bring the Troops Home,” and calling subscribers to give a “day’s pay” are all examples of grassroots, reader-powered fund raising projects for the People’s...
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Growing movement wants military out of schools
October 14, 2005PHILADELPHIA — When schools opened last month, “Opt Out Campaign” activists were outside high schools in cities and small towns around the nation. They were there to let the students know they can stop their schools...
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Labor and civil rights groups: We demand jobs, justice in Gulf
October 14, 2005Oct. 29 rally in Baton Rouge to demand a ‘new direction’ for U.S. Gulf Coast union leaders hailed an action campaign launched by the AFL-CIO Sept. 30 to defend workers’ wages and rebuild their hurricane-torn states...
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Virginia gubernatorial race heats up
October 11, 2005News Analysis FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The “Old Dominion” of Virginia is supposedly a bastion of right-wing Republicanism, but there is a good chance that a moderate Democrat will win the gubernatorial election on Nov. 8,...
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Harry Gaynor: fighter for open housing, social justice
October 7, 2005Harry Gaynor, a longtime fighter for peace and justice, died in Chicago on Aug. 19 of heart failure. He was 90. Born in 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Gaynor’s family moved to Chicago...
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