Evelina Alarcon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Evelina Alarcon
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Candidate promises living wage
October 17, 2002BALTIMORE – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Democratic candidate for governor, told a crowd of 1,500 here that she endorses and will push for an $11 an hour living wage for state employees, if elected.
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N.Y. events bring in contributions in memory of Sid Taylor
October 17, 2002One month into the national PWW Fund Drive, two recent events in the greater New York area have brought in contributions in memory of long-time Party activist Sid Taylor.
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International notes
October 11, 2002Brazil: Lula takes big lead / Dockers: Int’l support grows / China: Gov’t to protect Yangtze River / Cuba: Hurricanes cause wide destruction / France: Unions protest privatization
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Communists unite for Mideast peace
October 11, 2002In a statement initiated by the Tudeh Party of Iran, 34 communist and workers parties around the world, including the Communist Party USA, joined together to demand “an end to all provocations and policies and actions...
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Bush rewards bosses, invokes Taft-Hartley
October 11, 2002LOS ANGELES – The labor movement reacted with outrage to George W. Bush’s decision to invoke the unionbusting Taft-Hartley Act to end an employer lockout of the West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). It...
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Communism in Washington State: a new web resource
October 11, 2002The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington has launched a new web-based resource: “Communism in Washington State – History and Memory Project.”
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Street heat for peace & justice
October 10, 2002NEW YORK – Twenty thousand people converged in Central Park Oct. 6 to proclaim in one voice, “No War!” The “Day of Resistance” brought together many different social and political organizations, including community, labor, student and...
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Lifelong activist celebrates 90
October 10, 2002In honor of Russell Brodine’s 90th birthday, friends, family and admirers gathered at his home in Roslyn, Wash., and collected $700 for the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive.
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