Evelina Alarcon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Evelina Alarcon
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Frederick J. Brown paints jazz
June 7, 2002More than 30 portraits from 30 years of work by acclaimed painter Frederick J. Brown will be featured in the retrospective Frederick J. Brown: Portraits in Jazz, Blues, and Other Icons at the Kemper Museum in...
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Helen Sobell: Fighter against Cold War frame-ups
June 7, 2002Helen Sobell, who fought to save Ethel and Julius Rosenberg from the electric chair and free her husband, Morton Sobell, from a 30 year prison term – all three framed on bogus “atom spy” charges –...
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Greek 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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Commentary: Invest in our children
June 7, 2002The single most important factor in determining the future of this nation is our children. If we fail to invest in today’s young people, we can be sure that tomorrow’s adults will not live up to...
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Undocumented immigrant victory: LA City Council votes to honor Mexican IDs
June 7, 2002LOS ANGELES – Supporters of immigrant rights won an important victory last month when the Los Angeles City Council voted 13-1 in favor a six-month trial plan to honor identification cards issued by the Mexican Consulate...
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Port police attack workers
June 7, 2002PIRAEUS, Greece – Striking sailors and other port workers at the Greek port of Piraeus were viciously attacked by hundreds of Special Port Corps police and Navy Special Forces “frogmen” May 29, in an action reminiscent...
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International notes
June 7, 2002Palestinians protest forced isolation of West Bank communities/China comments on NATO-Russia Council/Argentina: Protests vs. gov’t handling of crisis/Protests set for South Korean unionists/Metalworkers vow to continue strike/Long-term dangers from India-Pakistan war
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Kaiser workers win back pay in NLRB ruling
May 31, 2002PITTSBURGH – In a case involving the longest illegal lockout in U.S. labor history, a federal administrative law judge has ordered the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation to “make whole” 3,000 steelworkers for any loss...
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