International – Page 638

Report takes aim at sweatships

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Two British organizations recently released a report that paints a grim picture of working conditions on cruise ships, tarnishing the fun, romantic image that the cruise ship industry has cultivated.

World labor: Let the inspectors work

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The AFL-CIO added its voice to the growing opposition to war with Iraq last week when federation President John Sweeney joined with John Monks, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, to urge President Bush...

World Social Forum: Where the hopes of the world are gathered

January 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – 100,000 representatives of the world’s peoples came together in the World Social Forum here to say in one thunderous voice: No to war, no to global capitalist military and economic domination! Another...

Bush policies blasted At UN

January 31, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Faced with growing international skepticism, George W. Bush used much of his State of the Union Address in an attempt to build support for his drive to war with Iraq.

Food crisis in Africa

January 30, 2003 By Greg Godwin

The United Nations estimates that in sub-Saharan Africa 38 million people are in danger of starvation within months. To give this some perspective, this figure is roughly equivalent to the population of Poland or Spain, and...