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Arab Americans mobilizing for empowerment

July 4, 2002

ARLINGTON, Va. – On June 6, over 500 Arab Americans went to Capitol Hill to kick off the 19th National Convention of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). They lobbied their Congressional representatives on the protection of...

ACORN convention targets peoples needs

July 4, 2002

CHICAGO – Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) brought some 2,000 delegates attending the national convention of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to their feet with a ringing call for “the people’s agenda.”

Saving and improving Social Security: The Communist Partys solution

July 4, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

Marx’s observation that the task of a movement goes beyond mere interpretation of events was never more apt than when it comes to the struggle to defend – and improve – the Social Security system.

OHSA finds Beth/Lukens guilty in steelworker death

June 28, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

VALLEY, Pa. – Wanda Smith, 41, a production steel press operator for Bethlehem/Lukens Steel Plate and member of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 1165, went to work December 17, 2001, with her Christmas list almost...

Health damage result of Mideast crisis

June 28, 2002

War is the great threat to medical and public health. The tragedies that take place on a daily basis in the Gaza Strip and West Bank are testament to this fact. Palestinian children are facing a...