National – Page 1154 – People's World

Reclaiming the Lenin statue in Seattle

February 7, 2003

As this paper has written about once before, in 1994, the city of Seattle became home to a Lenin statue that had originally been constructed in Slovakia. It was placed in the Fremont neighborhood, known by...

World mourns Columbia crew

February 7, 2003

DALLAS, Texas – Even as the nation and the world mourn for astronauts Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Michael Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon, people here and around the world seek answers...

AFL-CIO tells Bush and Congress: Get real on the economy

January 31, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The AFL-CIO charged in a Jan. 27 report that, despite President Bush’s rosy claims, the economy is in worse shape than it was two years ago when measured by all the key indicators important to working...

Human Rights Watch slams Bush record

January 31, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

In its criticism of the Bush administration, Human Rights Watch warns, “Leadership [in the field of human rights] requires more than a big stick and a thick wallet.

Bush policies blasted At Home

January 31, 2003

George W. Bush attempted to win backing for his agenda of tax cuts for the rich and war on Iraq in his Jan. 28 State of the Union Speech. But mayors, governors, members of Congress and...