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For a stronger labor movement: Half-price tools wont do the job
February 25, 2005“Shit!” I hollered at the top of my lungs. When you work in a sewage treatment plant like I did, this four-letter word is not always a curse. In fact, some of my smart-aleck co-workers used...
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WORLD NOTES
February 25, 2005Colombia: Thousands protest trade talks Opponents of the proposed “free trade treaty” between the U.S., Colombia, Peru and Ecuador held a national day of protest Feb. 10 against the latest round of talks held Feb. 7-12...
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Togolese political crisis spurs regional concerns
February 25, 2005The Togolese people are resisting an extra-constitutional power grab initiated by the son of the late president, Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema, who died of a heart attack on Feb. 5 at the age of 69. Gnassingbe Eyadema...
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Massive conference boosts world literacy drives
February 25, 2005Cuba News A conference titled “Pedagogy 2005” was held in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 31-Feb. 4, in conjunction with the first World Congress on Literacy. Over 5,400 people from 51 nations were on hand, 1,300 of them...
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Kyoto treaty, spurned by Bush, goes into effect
February 25, 2005The Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 international treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, went into effect on Feb. 16 — without the participation of the United States, the world’s main greenhouse gas producer. Greenhouse gases — carbon...
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