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Homeland Security: open to misuse and abuse

July 19, 2002

Heads of eleven news associations sent a letter to members of Congress, July 10, urging them to reject sections of the Homeland Security Act, stating they are “ripe for misuse and abuse.”

Corporate thievery: A new political moment

July 19, 2002

Were Shakespeare still gracing this world with his presence he would almost certainly exclaim, “There’s something rotten about the system of capitalism.” No wonder! Each day millions are learning that insider trading, sleazy accounting, profit inflation,...

Grassroots meeting urges good jobs now

July 19, 2002

LINTHICUM, MD. – Washington-based Good Jobs First (GJF) brought together 300 labor union, community and environmental activists July 11-13 to demand that corporations provide living wage jobs with health care and union rights in exchange for...

International notes

July 18, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

Nigerian women win jobs for villagers/ILO: Justice for fired Jakarta hotel workers/Demand rights for child detainees/China’s economy continues to grow/Canadian hotel workers set one-day strike

Vacations and imperialism

July 18, 2002 By Phil E. Benjamin

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, titled, “Malaria strikes growing number of U.S. travelers,” brings to mind the problems of British travelers of years-gone-by when they went round the world enjoying the fruits of...