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‘U.S. is where things have to change’
Con Edison and the subways: greed kills
Con Edison is leading a determined campaign that critics say will bilk and
endanger its customers, and overload and underpay its workers.
Eyewitness Falluja: An Iraqi view of the U.S. attack
Palestine: Historic achievement, new dangers
Rally to tell Bush: ‘Hands off Venezuela!’
U.S.-Britain gay-bashed Afghanistan
In the months after the autumn 2001 imperialist military invasion, a rash of
gay-bashing and gay-baiting articles about Afghanistan appeared in the U.S. and
British corporate media.
$1 trillion, $2 trillion ...
Common sense and science both tell us that, at some point, quantity turns into
quality.
$700 billion could fund people’s needs
Instead of the U.S. government’s $700-billion (that’s
$700,000,000,000!) giveaway to the banks passed by Congress in late September,
this money could have been used to bail out the people in the U.S. immediately.
How? There are numerous ways, but here are ten examples.
¡Alto a la agresión de EEUU-Israel en el Medio Oriente!
¡Libertad para Leonard Peltier!
El 6 de febrero fue el 33er aniversario del arresto del prisionero
político indígena Leonard Peltier.
¡Llamado urgente para que Israel cese inmediatamente su bombardeo asesino, el estado de sitio y la invasión de la Gaza palestina!
Por 60 años, Israel ha perseguido al pueblo palestino con impunidad
desafiando las resoluciones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas y del
Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, las órdenes del Tribunal
Internacional de Justicia, el Derecho Internacional y los derechos humanos
fundamentales.
¿2011? ¡Que las tropas salgan ahora!
El fracaso total de Washington en su intento de imponer un llamado Acuerdo
Sobre el Estatus de Fuerzas que gobierne la presencia de tropas estadounidenses
en Irak después de más de cinco años y medio de guerra y
ocupación, comprueba sin duda alguna que lo que es decisivo no es el
poderío militar sino la voluntad de un pueblo que resiste la
subyugación extranjera.
¿Cuántas muertes de civiles en Irak desde la invasión?
¿Dónde están los trabajos?
Los economistas capitalistas, los expertos y los jugadores del mercado de
acciones no se deciden si hay o no una “recuperación”.
Para los/as trabajadores/as que están perdiendo sus hogares, sus seguros
de salud, sus ingresos y que están profundamente endeudados/as, no hay
ninguna ambigüedad. No hay una recuperación.
¿Es nuestra la victoria de Obama?
Con la obtención de los delegados requeridos para reclamar la
nominación para la presidencia por el Partido Demócrata, el Senador
Barack H. Obama (D-IL) ha escrito una nueva página en la historia
americana.
¿Está EEUU preparando otra guerra–contra Irán?
El 2 de junio Israel llevó a cabo maniobras militares sobre la parte este
del Mar Mediterráneo. Hasta 100 aviones F-16 y F-15 proporcionados a
Israel por el Pentágono estuvieron involucrados junto a helicópteros
israelíes con tanques de combustible para largas distancias. El avión
de caza F-16 también está equipado para cargar una amplia variedad de
cohetes aire-a-tierra, misiles o bombas.
¿Explotará la burbuja expansionista de la OTAN?
Cada esfuerzo de los Estados Unidos por imponerse y restituir su decadente
dominación global confirma el debilitamiento de su posición.
¿Por qué los somalíes secuestran barcos?
Después de que tres somalíes fueran ejecutados y otro más
lesionado y capturado en el Océano Índico el 12 de abril, un
líder de los llamados ‘piratas’ prometió vengar la muerte
de estos jóvenes que retuvieron por cinco días al capitán
estadounidense de la nave de carga Maersk Alabama.
¿Qué camino hay para las fuerzas
Como Washington está llevando a cabo guerras, ocupaciones e intervenciones
en más frentes, el movimiento antiguerra es ahora más necesario que
nunca. Se necesita para l@s trabajadores/as y oprimid@s en el exterior que son
objetivos directos del Pentágono y además para las masas populares en
Estados Unidos, quienes pagarán por estas operaciones militares y quienes
tienen que llevarlas a cabo.
¿Qué impacto tiene sobre l@s inmigrantes?
¿Qué pasó realmente en Colombia?
Colombia estuvo en los titulares alrededor del mundo el 2 de Julio como nunca
antes. Nos enteramos que la ex candidata a la Presidencia de Colombia, Ingrid
Betancourt, había sido liberada de un grupo guerrillero marxista, junto
con tres estadounidenses contratistas del Pentágono —Tom Howes, Marc
Gonsalves y Keith Stansell— y 11 miembros del Ejército y la
Policía de Colombia.
¿Qué podrá lograr empleos?
La creciente crisis capitalista, que trae más y más sufrimiento cada
día que pasa, está dejando a l@s trabajador@s y oprimid@s sin
más alternativa que la de organizarse para luchar.
¿Qué se puede aprender de la huelga de PATCO?
¿Quién gana, quién pierde?
El ataque del Ejército de Georgia en la pequeña nación de Osetia
del Sur, respaldado y armado por los EEUU, tendrá amplias repercusiones,
incluso aquí en EEUU. El ataque inmediatamente causó gran sufrimiento
a decenas de miles de personas en Osetia del Sur y en Georgia.
¿Quién va a parar las atrocidades en Irak?
¿Una ‘Operación Cóndor’ en el Medio Oriente?
'Cut off funding for Iraq war'
‘ Stop the execution of Frances Newton!’
‘A party of one’
It’s often been said that the Senate is a millionaire’s club; but
it’s more. It’s one of the most exclusive clubs on earth.
It’s only 100 men and women, who are essentially princes and princesses
of power.
‘Abu Ghraib is training camp for resistance’
‘After Innocence,’ a film for truth and justice
“After Innocence” is
beyond compelling; this is one of the most important films ever made.
‘Against the war! Against empire!’
From a March 15 speech played at protest rallies marking the sixth
anniversary of the U.S. war on Iraq.
‘All issues are women’s issues’
Women around the world held actions against imperialist war, occupation,
globalization and oppression on the 100th anniversary of International
Women's Day (IWD).
‘Alto a la hambruna del pueblo de Gaza’
Manifestantes por todo el mundo marcharon en solidaridad con el pueblo de Gaza
en el primer aniversario de la masacre israelí y para exigir el fin del
bloqueo israelí a Gaza.
‘An injury to one is an injury to all’
‘Appeal for resisting the Zionist occupier and defending our land, and people’
‘Assata Shakur is welcome here’
‘Bail out Main Street, not Wall Street’
Commentary by John Parker from
the International Action Center on the Pacifica radio station KPFK in Los
Angeles on Sept. 25.
‘Bail out women, not the banks’
A thoroughly multinational crowd filled the
cafeteria of Roxbury Community College on the afternoon of March 14 for an
International Women’s Day “Sistah Summit—Women Rise Up”
event organized by the Women’s Fightback Network (WFN).
‘Bailout’ billions used to swallow Cleveland’s largest bank
In Michael Moore’s film “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Bush is shown
defining his constituency as “the haves and the have-mores.” Now
that Bush and Congress have orchestrated a historic giveaway of
wealth—created by the have-nots—the have-mores are using it to
swallow the less fortunate haves.
‘Bamako Appeal’ promotes struggle against market-driven society
‘Big Dig’ tragedy reflects corruption
‘Big lie’ and breakup of Yugoslavia
The Pentagon is not a vehicle to liberate women or same-sex love, and it is
certainly not a rape-crisis intervention force. But these truths get blurred
when there is a war in progress.
‘Bosses ran away with our jobs, wages’
Excerpts from a talk by Martha Grevatt of Cleveland at the WWP
National Conference, Nov. 14.
‘Bush & Blair are war criminals’
‘Bushwick 32’ supporters arrested on phony charges
On Nov. 30 than 20 Black students were in the Criminal Court of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
facing charges from their arrest in May while walking peacefully to the wake of
a fellow student and friend.
‘Camp Casey’ actions spread across the U.S.
‘Carrera contra la Muerte’ en el caso de Mumia Abu-Jamal
‘Community support is key to success’
Workers World interviewed Frantz Mendes, president of Steelworkers
Local 8751 and the first Haitian immigrant president of a Steelworker’
local
‘Concrete projects with concrete results’
Excerpts from a talk given by Carmen Godinez from the Confederation of Cuban
Workers (CTC) International Department explaining the history and significance
of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of America.
‘Corky’ Gonzalez remembered as liberation fighter
‘Cut funding for Iraq war!’
City Councilperson Charles Barron announced from the steps of New
York's City Hall at a Feb. 6 media conference that he is planning to
introduce a resolution in the city council that calls for the U.S. Congress to
cut off all funding for the war in Iraq.
‘De-privatize the subject of immigration’
‘Debt trap’: Greek workers reject austerity program
Thousands of Greek workers took to the streets in 63 cities on Dec. 17, called
out by unions protesting a government austerity program. The All-Workers
Militant Front (PAME), which is close to the Greek Communist Party, and Syriza,
the Coalition of the Radical Left, supported the action.
‘Democratic’ Israel tries to wipe out elected Palestinians
‘Down with the neo-con war in Iraq!’
‘Drop all charges against protesters’
In coordination with worldwide protests in solidarity with the people
of Greece, activists delivered a protest letter to the Greek Consul General in
New York on Dec. 18
‘Drop racist frame-up charges!’
‘Drop racist frame-up charges’
‘El derecho a retornar’ todavía la demanda más importante después de 61 años en el Líbano
Cuando los oficiales de Washington están frente a las cámaras,
algunas veces expresan cierta “preocupación” por la calamidad
del pueblo palestino. Pero ni siquiera esta falsa preocupación se extiende
a los/as 4,5 millones de palestinos/as que por 61 años han permanecido sin
un estado propio, sin una nacionalidad oficial, abandonados/as en países
árabes.
‘Enhanced’ temporary workers launch ‘enhanced’ fight
‘Fall of the House of Capital?’
By the time you read this, the $700-billion bailout will have been old news,
one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. But it will not heal that
which ails the nation as it trips and stumbles like a drunken sailor on shore
leave
‘Fight attacks on immigrants’
The May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights held a press conference
on April 27 to announce plans for the May Day rally and march scheduled for
Union Square in New York on May 1. One of the main messages raised at the press
conference is the demand that President Barack Obama pass fair and humane
immigration reform which would include the elimination of deportations and
raids against immigrant workers and their families.
‘Fight capitalism on every front’
‘Food, Inc.’: Another capitalist crisis
Filmmaker Robert Kenner’s documentary “Food, Inc.” is a
powerful condemnation of the food industry under capitalism—a must-see
film that explores the mechanization of U.S. agriculture, which, with the
consent of government regulatory agencies, threatens consumers and workers
alike.
‘Fracking’ causes environmental, human disaster
Imagine finding methane and metals in your drinking water or having your water
well explode or catch on fire. Imagine getting thrown out of bed one morning as
your entire house is lifted off the ground from an explosion due to methane gas
build-up. These nightmares are a reality for a growing number of families whose
homes are located near natural gas drilling sites in New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and other states across the U.S.
‘Free ’em all’ Prison Radio benefit
On the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, people
came out to champion U.S. political prisoner and freedom fighter Mumia
Abu-Jamal and other political prisoners . The Feb.
21 benefit in Oakland, Calif., was for Prison Radio, which carries
commentaries online of political prisoners.
‘Free Mumia’ rally overcomes police intimidation
Try as they might, intimidation and terror tactics by the Philadelphia police,
including death threats, could not stop an important solidarity and
informational rally for Mumia Abu-Jamal on April 24.
‘Free the computers for Cuba!’
‘Free the Cuban 5!’
The U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, Canada, was the site of a lively picket
line on Oct. 6 as dozens of people demanded freedom for the Cuban 5.
‘Free the Cuban 5’ banner is planted
While five Cuban heroes remain imprisoned because of a cruel vendetta by the
U.S. government against the courageous socialist republic of Cuba, more and
more voices of opposition to their unjust incarceration are being raised
worldwide.
‘Free the Cuban 5, end U.S. blockade’
International Longshore and Warehouse Union members from Alaska, California,
Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, gathered in Seattle
for the 34th ILWU Convention from June 8 to 12. The delegates adopted
resolutions introduced by Local 10 calling for freedom for the Cuban 5 and by
Local 34 to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba.
‘Free the Cuban Five, jail terrorist Posada’
‘Free the MOVE 9’ car caravan
More than 60 people participated in a car caravan that wound through
Philadelphia neighborhoods on Aug. 11 to free the MOVE 9.
‘Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal’
On Dec. 9, supporters of political journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal marked the 28th
year of his incarceration on Pennsylvania’s death row, more determined
than ever to fight for his exoneration.
‘Freedom for René, Fernando, Gerardo, Antonio y Ramón!’
A call issued by the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) on March 1.
‘Freedom must take priority over everything’
Two leading members of the Philadelphia-based MOVE organization, Pam Africa and
Ramona Africa, spoke at a public meeting in Detroit on Aug. 2 on the continuing
efforts to free Mumia Abu-Jamal and the MOVE 9.
‘Freeway Blogging’ raises Palestine issue
Every Wednesday afternoon during five o'clock rush hour, a group of
activists gathers on the Mandell Street Bridge that passes over U.S. Highway 59
in Houston.
‘Gauze not guns’ demanded for Haiti
Hundreds gathered in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the call of Kowalisyon pou
Kore Ayiti (The Coalition to Stand With Haiti) on Jan. 29 in bitter cold to
hear a series of speeches denouncing the current U.S. occupation of Haiti
‘Gaza on the Ground’
The realities of war in the Gaza Strip came to life in Philadelphia on Dec. 5 as
photojournalist Mohammed Omer presented “Gaza on the Ground”
‘German troops out of Afghanistan’
More than 4,000 people from 70 different German cities came to Berlin Feb.
20 to demand that German troops be withdrawn from Afghanistan.
‘Global Assembly Line’ highlights women workers
An International Women's Day forum in Los Angeles on March 10
highlighted women's leadership around the world in struggles for national
liberation and against specific oppressions as women and as workers under
capitalism. The March 25 Coalition for immigrant rights and the International
Action Center-Los Angeles hosted the program.
‘Hands Off Assata’ meeting held
‘Hands off Zimbabwe’
The same day that a unity government took office in Zimbabwe, Feb. 13,
opponents of Western colonialism protested before the British and U.S. missions
to the United Nations in New York City demanding an end to the economic
sanctions imposed on this southern African country and the right to
self-determination.
‘Harlem is not for sale!’
Hundreds lined Harlem's 125th Street on April 13 in a protest
against real estate developers and banks that are forcing out the people of
this historic Black neighborhood.
‘Hold the applause’
A commentary from political prisoner Bomani Shakur: History could not have created a more poignant scene. In the midst of what
may be the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression in a country known
for its racial injustice, the United States elected its first Black president.
‘Homeland Security’ rescinds plan to deputize vigilantes
‘Hurts Iraqis but won’t stop resistance’
‘I can still read the writing on the wall’
BULLETIN URGENT! Leonard Peltier’s Safety in Jeopardy! Peltier was severely beaten upon
his arrival at the Canaan Federal Penitentiary. Call and request Leonard Peltier be treated with dignity and
respect. Canaan Federal Prison 570-488-8000.
Peltier’s register number (prison ID) is: 89637-132.
‘I know that it is all a lie’
In April the Fort Dix Five were given sentences of life plus 30 years for
allegedly plotting to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey. These Muslim defendants
were prosecuted and tried even when there was no crime, a practice known as
pre-emptive prosecution. Lejla Duka, the 11-year-old daughter of Fort Dix Five defendant Dritan Duka,
has been a courageous spokesperson on her father’s and uncles’
behalf. Lejla and her grandmother, Zurata Duka, spoke with Workers World about
the arrests and what they have meant to their family.
‘Immigrants in! Minutemen out!’
‘Investigate Cleveland for dereliction of duty’
On Dec. 22, Imperial Eleven Concerned Citizens of Cleveland held a news
conference to announce the posting of a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder requesting an investigation. The letter contends that at least six of 11
murdered Black women whose bodies were found on Imperial Avenue “would be
alive if not for a dereliction of duty of officials in Cleveland City
Government.”
‘It’s women who will stop this war!’
‘June 23 Trans Day of Action will happen!’
‘Justice after Katrina: The people must decide!’
‘Justice for Larry Hales!’
People
around the country are outraged at the action last Nov. 30 of the Denver
police, who stormed the home of Larry Hales, a prominent anti-police brutality and
political activist in Denver, as well as a central organizer for upcoming
protests at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
‘Katrina showed the system is broken’
‘La afrenta a uno es afrenta a todos’
‘La recuperación’ trae más sufrimiento para l@s trabajador@s
‘Last phase’ of Milosevic trial near
‘Let Iranians solve their own problems’
Even a country that possesses arms as powerful as those of the United States
cannot conquer through military might alone.
That is the lesson of this period of seemingly endless U.S. imperialist
invasions and occupations that began with the assault on Korea in 1950 and
continues to the present.
‘Let Iraqis speak at anti-war conference’
‘Liberate Christopher Street!’
‘Like a bomb was dropped in the region’
‘Live like Rosa Parks—Fight poverty, racism and war’
‘Longest Walk 2’ demands Native rights, respect of earth
Two thousand people joined the Longest Walk 2 at the White House in Washington,
D.C., on July 11.
‘LOW WAGE CAPITALISM’
The labor of the workers has created the wealth that has been invested and
reinvested over and over again to create the plants, the offices, the mines,
the hospitals, etc. Having created all this property, workers should have a
property right to their jobs. In simpler terms, workers have “sweat
equity” in their jobs and in the workplace as well.
‘McCain says warfare, we say health care’
More than 150 chanting protesters took over the sidewalk in front of the
entrance to the downtown Atlanta Marriott Marquis on Aug. 18.
‘Michigan is pro-choice—let’s keep it that way!’
‘Michigan’s money’s wasted on war’
‘Milk’ keeps focus on mass struggle
“Milk” is a rare film for, from the viewpoint of partisans for LGBT
liberation, it deserves the acclaim it’s received. Although it is
ostensibly about the title character, this is really a movie about something
much bigger than one person.
‘Minutemen’ not welcome in Vermont
‘Mission accomplished’ in Gaza
On July 29 the House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn hosted a standing-room-only
report-back meeting led by several participants of the Viva Palestina historic
U.S. convoy who returned July 17 and 18 from Gaza City in Palestine. The
audience was majority Black.
‘Mission Against Terror’ documentary goes on tour
‘Money for hurricane victims, not war’
‘Money for people’s needs, not bankers’ greed’
Activists march through the streets of New York on Sept. 27 to protest the
proposed $700 billion bailout of the banks by Congress and also endless war.
‘Mortgage bankers lie and cheat!’
At the Policy Conference of
Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, D.C., on April 16, several hundred
people got up to the door of the hotel where the bankers were meeting,
‘MTA—we won’t pay!’
Thousands of outraged transit riders and transit workers across the greater New
York area are saying that the Metropolitan Transit Authority and its proposed
fare hikes and service cuts are posing direct threats to public safety on the
transit system.
‘New Orleans is an anti-war issue’
‘No bombs, no borders, no bosses’
‘No housing, no peace!’
“They say gentrify, we say unify!” shouted
protesters on Dec. 16 in East Harlem, New York City.
‘No record’ nominee hostile to all things progressive
‘NYPD go to hell! We are all Sean Bell!’
On April 25 in a Jamaica, Queens, courtroom, a judge acquitted three New York
Police Department officers responsible for the November 2006 fatal shooting of
23-year-old Sean Bell.
‘Obama: Post imperial?’
From an audio essay by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
‘Occupiers out; resistance is justified’
‘Of pirates & piracy’
Every petty politician is bum-rushing the mike to spout off on how pirates are
“thugs,” “criminals,” or the latest Western curse,
“terrorists.”
‘Operation Panty’ makes delivery to immigrant women
On May 9, three members of the Georgia Detention Watch made a second solidarity
trip to the Etowah Detention Center in Gadsden, Ala., to deliver hundreds of
pairs of cotton underwear to women immigrant detainees.
‘Our struggle is against U.S. imperialism’
‘Paradise Now’—a Palestinian view of suicide bombings
‘Please help us get my brother home’
An appeal by Betty Ann
Peltier-Solano, executive coordinator of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense
Committee and Leonard’s sister.
‘Police brutality is the rule’
‘Poor left to fend for themselves’
‘Power for the people!’
New Yorkers already know they're paying too much for electricity and
gas.
‘Profound changes in capitalism are reshaping working class’
Fred Goldstein of the Secretariat of Workers World Party represented
the party at an International Communist Symposium in Brussels, Belgium, on May
4-6. This is the text of his talk to that gathering.
‘Queer’ activists, Black and white, led the way
‘Race Against Death’ in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case
In the latest attempt by the state to deny his legal rights and derail
political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal of his 1982 death penalty
conviction, prosecutors have called on the entire Third U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals to recuse itself from hearing Abu-Jamal's case in Philadelphia on
May 17.
‘Recovery’ brings more suffering for workers
‘Redistribution of wealth’ attacks NY workers
The day after he went to Wall Street to say that bankers’ salaries are
“rather low,” Gov. David Paterson signed a bill Dec. 10 taking $30
to $50 billion away from the pensions of new state and municipal hires. This is
the biggest change to New York’s pension system in 25 years.
‘Rethink Afghanistan,’ a tool for anti-war activists
“Rethink Afghanistan,” a documentary directed by Robert
Greenwald, is available as a DVD or online in six parts at
rethinkafghanistan.com. It opened Oct. 1 in a limited number
of U.S. theaters.
‘Right of return ’ still key demand after 61 years in Lebanon
When cameras are running, Washington officials sometimes express
“concern” for the plight of the Palestinian people. But even this
phony caring doesn’t extend to the 4.5 million Palestinians who for 61
years have remained stateless, without official nationality, stranded in Arab
countries.The right to return has never been raised in the so-called Palestinian-Israeli
peace talks that Washington brokers. The U.S. government sidesteps the right of
Palestinians to return to their original towns and villages because it opposes
this right
‘Save the hospital, stop the war’
‘Say NO to racism, don’t buy Moncure Plywood!’
Organizers of the recent U.S. tour of Latin American union leaders
(see workers.org) learned from striking members of International Association of
Machinists Local W369 at Moncure Plywood in North Carolina that La-Z-Boy
Furniture, headquartered in Michigan, was buying wood products made by
strikebreakers.
‘Settlement’ exposes politician-financier corruption
Carlyle Group, the world’s second largest private equity corporation,
agreed on May 14 to pay $20 million as part of an out-of-court settlement for
its role in the “pay-to-play” corruption scandal involving public
pension funds. The out-of-court settlement shields all Carlyle executives from
any criminal liability.
‘Several prisoners died under torture’
‘Socialism & LGBT movement are linked’
‘Somos trabajadores no terroristas’—We are workers not terrorists!
‘Stage a people’s coup!’
Commentary by a member of the Raleigh chapter of
the youth group FIST—Fight Imperialism, Stand Together: On March 21, Raleigh FIST traveled to the march in D.C. Eight of us went,
driving in a 1980s family van.
‘Stop blocking aid to Haiti’
In spite of pouring rain, activists held a protest at the downtown Federal
Building in Los Angeles Jan. 23 demanding the U.S. government stop blocking
international aid to Haiti.
‘Stop foreclosures & evictions!’
The Network to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions rallied outside Baltimore City Hall to call on Mayor Sheila Dixon and the City Council to make the city
a “foreclosure-and-eviction-free zone.”
‘Stop starving the people of Gaza’
Demonstrators around the world marched in solidarity with the people of Gaza on
the one-year anniversary of Israel’s massacre there and to demand an end
to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
‘Stop the killing of Philippine activists’
‘Stop the war from Harlem to Iraq!’
‘Stop the War’ campaign shakes up Michigan
‘Stop the War’ slate picks up steam
‘Stop U.S. war on women, at home and abroad’
‘Strange Fruit’ describes horrors of lynchings
June is Black Music Month, proclaimed so by former President Jimmy Carter. In
honor of Black Music Month, there was a film series showing in New York at the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture based in Harlem.
One of the films, “Strange Fruit,” is the first documentary
exploring the history and legacy of the famous Black singer, Billie Holiday,
who popularized the song “Strange Fruit.”
‘Terrorism’ charges levied against RNC protesters
While corporate interests and corrupt local politicians welcomed the
Republicans with open arms, the citizens of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and
St. Paul organized mass protests and pockets of resistance all over the
city.