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Censorship through omission

May 30, 2003

Book reviewThe Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters, by Greg Palast, Penguin Plume, 372 pp., $14.00 Greg Palast, an American investigative reporter, has, in recent years, been working...

In Tribute to Grace Cummings

May 23, 2003

Grace Cummings died April 29 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She was 65 years old. For nearly 20 years Grace was a member of the Executive Board of New England’s District 1199 of the Service Employees union and...

Institutions offer help to Baghdad Museum

May 23, 2003

NEW YORK – The looting of Iraq’s National Museum in the wake of the U.S. military occupation of Baghdad provoked a worldwide outcry, especially after reports that U.S. troops “looked the other way.”Assessments of the extent...

Salt of the Earth continues to inspire

May 23, 2003

Originally released in 1953, Salt of the Earth, a movie about a New Mexico zinc miners strike, continues to inspire, educate and help build working-class solidarity today. While the influence of Salt of the Earth in...

Drivers license bills attack immigrants

May 22, 2003

News Analysis Under the guise of fighting terrorism, a wide-ranging attack on immigrants has been launched nation wide. Spearheading this attack is state legislation denying driver’s licenses to immigrants. This emotionally charged issue has become a...