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Philly banquet honors student groups

November 7, 2002

PHILADELPHIA – An enthusiastic crowd gathered here Oct. 27 for the annual People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Banquet. This year two public school student organizations were honored: Philadelphia Student Union and Youth United for Change. These groups...

Tom Pettys latest

November 7, 2002

CD Review The Last DJ, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Warner Brothers, 2002 Unfortunately, copyrights prohibit the publication of the lyrics of this new album/CD by Tom Petty, but for Tom Petty the lyrics are the...

Skiffle musician inspired Lennon

November 7, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

LONDON (AP) – Lonnie Donegan, a musician whose “skiffle” sound inspired John Lennon and Pete Townshend to learn to play guitar, died Nov. 3 in England at age 71.

Hollywood Reds painted the town

November 7, 2002

Book ReviewRadical Hollywood – The Untold Story Behind America’s Favorite Movies! by Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner, New Press, 2002, 460 pp In recent years an increasing number of books have come out addressing the Communist...

Global warming and the West Nile virus

November 7, 2002

Drought and high temperatures don’t just threaten our water supplies and crops. They may help to spread disease. The recent outbreaks of West Nile virus across the United States in the midst of the past summer’s...