Labor
Activists demand action against border vigilantes
April 17, 2003TUSCON, Ariz. – Border residents are demanding that gun-toting vigilantes and immigrant-hunting parties operating on the Arizona-Mexico border be investigated and stopped. Violent actions by these hate groups have escalated in spite of Arizona’s anti-militia law,...
Read moreTexas workers fight cuts in public services
April 17, 2003AUSTIN – The right wing’s drive to slash government services in Texas ran into stiff resistance when about 2,000 workers converged here April 9. They gathered to tell state leaders that Texas can’t afford cuts to...
Read moreDying to work: Humanitarian disaster on the desert
April 11, 2003SASABE, Sonora, Mexico – The Sonoran desert has a delicate, haunting beauty. Hundreds of species of birds, cacti and lizards have adapted to survive its lack of water and brutal temperatures exceeding 120 degrees. The list...
Read moreMarch unemployment report: More bad news
April 11, 2003None of the numbers in the March unemployment report are good: * Official unemployment stuck in the 5.8 percent range.
Read morePolice attack injures protesters, workers
April 11, 2003OAKLAND, Calif. – Outraged witnesses and community leaders used words like “preemptive,” “premeditated,” and “brutal” during an emotionally charged meeting of the Oakland City Council to describe the Oakland Police Department’s attack on anti-war demonstrators and...
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