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AFL-CIO launches Voice@Work Month
June 7, 2002The AFL-CIO has designated the month of June as “Voice@Work Month” and has launched a month-long campaign aimed at shining a spotlight on the struggles workers face when they try to form unions – and the...
Read moreILO calls for lifting Israeli border closures
June 7, 2002Juan Samavia, director general of the International Labor Organization (ILO), called the situation in the Occupied Territories of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip a “socio-economic meltdown” resulting from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the “deep...
Read moreIn the name of fighting terrorism
June 7, 2002In a quick scan of the world, let’s look at what has happened in the name of “fighting terrorism.” The right-wing Israeli government is invading Palestinian lands, arresting thousands of Palestinians, forcing Palestinian children to go...
Read moreElections in Colombia
June 7, 2002In an election where only 45 percent of the electorate went to the polls, the right-wing candidate, Alvaro Uribe, was elected president of Colombia on May 26. Uribe, a dissident from the Liberal Party, is opposed...
Read moreGreek CP leader subpoenaed
June 7, 2002The Central Committeee of the Communist Party of Greece, in an allusion to the events preceding the fascist takeover of Greece in the 1960s, yesterday called a subpoena served on a Central Committee member and former...
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