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Lawmakers back longshore workers
August 23, 2002LOS ANGELES – California lawmakers lambasted the Bush administration for its threatened intervention in West Coast longshore negotiations, at a public hearing held at Banning Landing at the Port of Los Angeles on Aug. 16.
Read moreBush visit met with protests
August 22, 2002MILWAUKEE – A carnival atmosphere greeted George W. Bush as he arrived here for his third visit in several months. As Bush gave a perfunctory policy address at the University of Wisconsin, using the 37th anniversary...
Read moreCzech Communists call for cancellation of Prague NATO summit
August 22, 2002PRAGUE – The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (CPBM) called on the Czech government to call off the NATO summit due to be held in Prague in November and spend the $560 million on helping...
Read moreThe floods won’t change the essentials of politics
August 22, 2002PRAGUE – Every new day convinces us that it will be a long time yet before we know the final cost of the damage and losses caused by the present floods. The deluge has not finished...
Read moreCourt decision institutional coup
August 22, 2002Protests erupted in response to the Aug. 14 Venezuelan Supreme Court decision to drop the case against the four military officers accused in the April coup. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would respect any decision...
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