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Steelworkers fight for America’s future
STEEL CITY SOLIDARITY CAMP – Steelworkers from LTV Steel Corporation took the fight to save their jobs, pensions and health-care benefits to Capitol Hill last week. “This fight is for industrial America. It’s not just about us. It’s for our kids, our grandkids and our communities. This fight is about what’s right and what’s fair,” […]
- December 21, 2001
The misleading of the people
I work as a physician in a public hospital in Chicago. I take my time chatting with patients (I do not live under the mercy of HMOs). I treat people of different ages, genders, ethnicities, social classes and literary levels. We talk about the influence of Harry Potter on kids, Britney Spears on teenagers, Anthrax […]
- December 14, 2001
Farm bill update: no good news yet
When I was a young, innocent and self-important poet, I planned to call my first book of poems “Cassandra.” Cassandra was a prophet in Greek mythology. A god who loved her gave her an unparalleled gift for seeing the future. The catch (there’s always a catch) was, she would never be believed. I know how […]
- December 14, 2001
Israeli demonstrators say End occupation
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israelis marched on West Jerusalem’s Paris Square last Saturday to protest the war policies of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Carrying banners that read “Stop this Man” and “End Occupation of the Palestinian Territories,” the marchers shouted and sang despite a chilly, windswept rain. Israel’s major mass media were absent, once again […]
- December 14, 2001
Chilean police attack Communist offices
Hundreds of Carabineros (national police), armed with with water cannons and tear gas bombs, attacked the offices of the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) in Santiago Nov. 28. About 40 members of the CPC, including its general secretary, Gladys Marin, were arrested in the raid. Five of the arrested Communists are candidates in the parliamentary […]
- December 14, 2001
Anti-bilingual law challenged in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. – In a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for Arizona the William E. Morris Institute for Justice (Justice Institute) has challenged the constitutionality of voter-approved Proposition 203, which places severe limitations on the provision of bilingual education. The racist Proposition 203, approved by voters in November 2000, was financed by […]
- December 14, 2001
Latino coalition urges drug law reform
NEW YORK – Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer joined New York State Assemblymen Peter Rivera and Jeffrion Aubry, and Latino Health and Justice Coalition leaders Dec. 6 to call on Gov. George Pataki to support the New York State Assembly’s plan for Rockefeller Drug Law Reform this year during the planned upcoming special legislative session. […]
- December 14, 2001
UT students speak out
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – More than 100 students, faculty and community activists gathered on the steps of the College of Law at the University of Tennessee (UT) here Nov. 30 to protest the pending dismantlement of affirmative action in higher education. UT law student Dumaka Shabazz denounced the nationwide assault on affirmative action and called for […]
- December 14, 2001
Buffalo layoffs protested
BUFFALO, N.Y. – “We’ll remember in November” was the message for Gov. George Pataki, chanted loud and clear at a rally of over 1,500 students, parents and teachers at city hall here Dec. 3. The rally was to protest the layoff of more than 500 school workers – 433 of them teachers. The layoffs are […]
- December 14, 2001
Unemployment whats going on?
On Dec. 6, The Associated Press (AP) reported that the number of laid-off workers had dropped and “the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits plunged by 349,000 in November,” indications that “the current recession may be bottoming out.” The next day, another AP dispatch was headlined “Unemployment Rate Climbs to 5.7 percent as economy continues […]
- December 14, 2001