John Pappademos
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Pappademos
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Opinion
Comics at the movies Which Spirit is it?
January 17, 2009Dear Older Brother Sometimes, one has to turn to older siblings to try to understand things that would otherwise keep us dazed and dumbfounded. Fortunately, I have you.
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U.S.
Privatizers poked
January 7, 2009The advanced privatization schemes of the far right in Texas are unraveling, and the perpetrators are going down. Privatization of government-run services has been a principle feature for neo-conservative rule worldwide since they took over in...
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International notes
December 19, 2002South Korea: Crowds mourn two girls killed by U.S. vehicle / South Africa: COSATU celebrates anniversary / Germany: Public workers threaten strike / Mexico: Workers seize factory / New Zealand: Maori health worker wins compensation
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International notes
December 13, 2002Venezuela: WFTU condemns ‘unconstitutional’ efforts to oust president / Turkey: Tens of thousands say ‘No!’ to war / Portugal: General strike against government assault on living conditions / South Africa: Minimum wage set for farm workers...
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National Clips
December 13, 2002NEW ORLEANS, La.: Bush loses Bayou / SEATTLE: Peace, not war / RICHMOND, Va.: Governors demand change in Bush economic policy / WASHINGTON: Green Party wins in 2002 / STERLING, Colo.: WalMart sells donated Toys for...
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Crowd greets appeals for solidarity
December 13, 2002BALTIMORE – A near-capacity crowd at Stony Run Friends Meeting Dec. 9 applauded as Luis Fernandes of Brazil and Edith Manrique of Colombia appealed for solidarity in their people’s struggles for democracy and national independence.
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Cuba offers to buy from black farmers in U.S.
December 6, 2002MIAMI – With their land and their livihoods on the line, America’s Black farmers have been locked in a battle with the federal government over equal access to low interest loans, grants and other aid. Now...
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U.S. fines group for giving medicine to Iraq
December 6, 2002On November 6 the U.S. Treasury Department imposed $20,000 in fines on Chicago-based Voices in the Wilderness (VitW), for delivering medicine to combat diseases that have killed half a million children since the U.S. imposed an...
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