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Suspicions emerge about Afghan bombing cover-up
August 2, 2002The death of some 48 civilians and 100 wounded due to a July 1 U.S. bombing of the Afghan village of Uruzgan is emerging as a potentially volatile situation both for the new “warlord-dominated” Afghan government...
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South African communists convene 11th Congress
August 2, 2002RUSTENBERG, South Africa – Nearly 1,000 delegates and guests attended the 11th Congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP) here, July 24 to July 26. Blade Nzimande, SACP general secretary, in his political report to...
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Bankruptcy reform: The poor pay more
August 2, 2002An effort by right-to-life Republicans to include language that would allow hooligans who block access to abortion clinics to avoid court-ordered fines or judgments by declaring bankruptcy has so far prevented congressional action on bankruptcy “reform.”...
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Labor, city leaders back longshore union
August 2, 2002SAN FRANCISCO – The AFL-CIO, San Francisco’s mayor and other leaders pledged support to West Coast dockers at a rally here July 24, as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU) contract battle rages on. “Your...
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Union blasts homeland unionbusting
August 2, 2002Bobby L. Harnage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), blasted the Bush administration and House GOP leadership for attaching a vicious anti-union amendment and attacks on the civil service code to the Homeland...
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