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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!’
Supporters rally for survivor as DSK rape charges dropped
Police barricades held back angry protesters as a smiling Dominique
Strauss-Kahn, escorted by privately hired security and city police, entered the
New York State Supreme Court on Aug. 23, where charges against him for sexual
assault were dropped.
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.
¡Alcemos nuestras voces – EEUU/OTAN fuera de Libia!
Las potencias europeas de la OTAN y Estados Unidos están declarando
victoria tras haber pulverizado el pequeño país de Libia durante
cinco meses brutales. Ellos alegan que las fuerzas "rebeldes" que
ellos dirigen, cuyo camino a Trípoli fue allanado por ataques aéreos
de la OTAN que eliminaron gran parte de la capacidad civil y militar de Libia,
ahora controlan la capital.
¡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.
¿Cómo lo hace Cuba?
“Cuba tiene el índice de mortalidad [infantil] más bajo en las
Américas, a pesar del bloqueo económico impuesto contra ella por los
EEUU por más de cinco décadas”, anunció el periódico
Granma el 3 de enero.
¿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 recuperación?
l reporte más reciente sobre los empleos y las cifras de crecimiento
económico confirman que no habrá una recuperación para la clase
trabajadora. Al contrario, el desempleo masivo probablemente va a empeorar, no
a mejorar. La “recuperación sin empleos” está en
decadencia después de menos de un año, y luego de un declive
económico por 19 meses.
¿Qué se puede aprender de la huelga de PATCO?
¿Qué significa para los/as trabajadores/as?
Decenas de millones de personas en este país tenían la esperanza de
ser liberadas de las garras de los despiadados especuladores que controlan el
sistema de salud y tenían la esperanza de un sistema de salud universal.
Pero lo opuesto ha ocurrido.
¿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?
¿Quiénes son los Cinco Cubanos?
Los Cinco Cubanos están cumpliendo largas e injustas sentencias en
prisiones de EEUU por defender a su patria – Cuba – de grupos
terroristas del exilio Cubano en Miami. Los Cinco Cubanos fueron arrestados en
1998 por monitorear las actividades de esos grupos violentos e informar a Cuba
sobre sus planes.
¿Una ‘Operación Cóndor’ en el Medio Oriente?
'Cut off funding for Iraq war'
'Solidarity from Panama'
University of Panama professor and general
secretary of the Popular Alternative Party, Olmedo Beluche, received a letter
from three of his compatriots imprisoned in the U.S. after they read an article
by him in Workers World entitled, “The last Yankee invasion: Dec. 20,
1989.”
‘ Stop the execution of Frances Newton!’
‘A democracy of puppets’
No matter which way the Iraqi elections turn out, the media bleats about
"democracy's" triumph. Notwithstanding, the lives of average
Iraqis will remain an intolerable brew of nastiness and ugliness.
‘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.
‘A revolutionary party makes us effective’
Excerpts from a Nov. 14 talk given by David Sole at the
Workers World Party national conference held in New York City Nov.
13-14.
‘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.
‘Boycott Arizona!’ responds to apartheid law
Ever since the signing of Arizona’s racist SB 1070, protests and outrage
against this apartheid-like law have continued nonstop. In addition to the
protests and demonstrations demanding the repeal of SB 1070, the call for
“Boycott Arizona!” has emerged and caught fire.
‘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.
‘Confederate heritage’ and distortions of history
Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell recently issued a proclamation designating April
as “Confederate Heritage Month.” This was done initially without
even mentioning the Atlantic slave trade or the economic system that was built
from the labor of African people brought to North America between the 17th and
19th centuries.
‘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
‘Don’t play ball with Arizona’
Dozens of opponents of Arizona’s apartheid law criminalizing
immigrants gathered in front of Turner Field in Atlanta on May 15 to hold a
“Don’t Play Ball with the State of Hate” pep rally, complete
with a band, cheerleaders, street theater, large banners and signs.
‘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’
‘Earthquakes’
The events of recent weeks in Haiti and Chile have had impacts far beyond the
borders of these countries. These impacts have been global.
‘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
‘Ethics’ violations: What about Bush & Cheney?
One of the first things the Bush-Cheney administration did on taking office in
2001 was to set up a super-secret energy task force. Oil and gas company
executives descended on the White House for hush-hush conclaves. Both Bush and Cheney owe their fortunes and their political careers to the
energy companies.
‘Excluded’ workers build unity & fight back
Workers historically excluded from labor organizing and protections are
challenging the mainstream trade union movement in the United States, which is
now finding itself in increasing decline with deindustrialization and massive
job loss. Domestic workers, public sector workers in the South, farmworkers,
day laborers and temporary workers have begun to organize against their
exclusion from U.S. labor laws and for rights other workers have won over years
of struggle.
‘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 Lynne Stewart’
Family, friends and supporters of imprisoned
“people’s lawyer” Lynne Stewart marched, sang and drummed on
Oct. 8 outside the lower Manhattan prison where she is being held. It was her
71st birthday, and the crowd chanted “Free Lynne Stewart” and
“Happy Birthday, Lynne,” led by the booming voice of her spouse,
Ralph Poynter.
‘Free market’ brings disaster to Eastern Europe
When the Soviet Union dissolved and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe
experienced counterrevolutions, the press proclaimed that the “free
market” would bring prosperity to the people there.
‘Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now!’
Various events took place in the U.S. and worldwide on April 24 to
celebrate the 56th birthday of African-American political prisoner, Mumia
Abu-Jamal. The main birthday wish echoed in each event was a demand for freedom
for the award-winning journalist and former Black Panther.
‘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.
‘From My Altitude’ art exhibit opens at USSF
As a part of the U.S. Social Forum, the artwork of Antonio Guerrero, one of the
Cuban Five, was displayed in an exhibit called “From My Altitude.”
The Cuban Five are Antonio Guerrero, René González, Gerardo
Hernández, Ramón Labañino and Fernando González. They are
five Cuban men who, while fighting to protect Cuba from terrorism, were wrongly
convicted on espionage and conspiracy charges against the U.S. government. They
have been unjustly incarcerated in the United States since 1998.
‘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”
‘Gaza prison’
From a June 13 audio column by Mumia Abu-Jamal on death row.
‘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.
‘I like to think of Lolita Lébron’
Lyrics of a song written by Phil Wilayto nearly 30 years ago, which he dedicated to the struggle of the Puerto Rican people for independence.
‘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’
‘Keep our tax cuts or no benefits for jobless’
Some 2 million long-term jobless workers face having their checks cut off in
December, unless Congress renews the federal extension of unemployment benefits
that expired on Nov. 30.
‘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.
‘Los Suns’ stand with immigrant community
As the Boycott Arizona movement continues to resonate throughout the U.S. in
response to the racist, anti-immigrant Senate Bill 1070, sports world figures
are taking a unique and progressive stand. On May 5 — recognized as Cinco
de Mayo, a Mexican holiday — the National Basketball Association team the
Phoenix Suns decided to show their opposition to the racist bill by wearing
jerseys emblazoned with “Los Suns.”
‘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.
‘Low-Wage Capitalism’ author speaks in Midwest
A standing-room-only audience turned out Sept. 11 in Detroit to hear
“Low-Wage Capitalism” author Fred Goldstein speak on “What
the economic crisis means for workers and the ever-growing poor — and how
to strategize a working-class fightback.”
‘Low-Wage Capitalism’ reviewed in L.A.
A review of Fred Goldstein’s book, “Low-Wage
Capitalism,” appeared Aug. 13 in the Los Angeles Examiner.
‘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.
‘Moratorium on foreclosures! Stop funding farm worker abuse!’
An estimated 1,000 people marched on Chase Bank in Detroit on June 25 during
the U.S. Social Forum to demand a moratorium on foreclosures and evictions and
an end to Chase’s funding of RJ Reynolds’ abuse of farmworkers in
North Carolina’s tobacco fields.
‘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.
‘My fight for freedom is not over’
Statement issued by
Leonard Peltier on the occasion of his 66th birthday on Sept. 12. Peltier, who
was framed up by the FBI for the shooting of two agents at Pine Ridge
Reservation in South Dakota in 1975, has been unjustly imprisoned since 1976.
‘Natural disaster’ or corporate criminality?
A series of 85 fires struck several Detroit neighborhoods on Sept. 7. Initial reports from the corporate media and DTE Energy indicated that the blazes were the result of arson and theft of power service. However, a Detroit Fire Department official soon claimed that the fires
directly emanated from the failure of DTE Energy to respond to calls about
downed lines days before the fires rendered hundreds homeless.
‘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 profits in peace’
Last installment of “The media and Gaza,” a chapter from an upcoming book on the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people of Gaza who are fighting
for self-determination.
‘No record’ nominee hostile to all things progressive
‘No to bankruptcy! Make the banks pay!’
More than 150 community residents packed a town hall meeting at
People’s Community Services in Hamtramck, Mich., on Jan. 6 to tell the
mayor, the city manager and the city council that bankruptcy is not an option
for the city.
‘No worker is illegal’
Arizona’s sweeping, racist anti-immigrant bill has unleashed a firestorm
of outrage from Arizona’s oppressed communities. Even before Gov. Jan
Brewer signed it into law on April 23, Arizona students and youths had called
for protests of all kinds. The May Day action is expected to demonstrate this
outrage.
‘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 pension funds to oppress Palestinians? No way!’
The first U.S. petition campaign to divest workers’ pension funds
from companies that supply Israel with equipment to oppress Palestinians was
launched in Los Angeles on Sept. 8.
‘Our struggle is against U.S. imperialism’
‘Paradise Now’—a Palestinian view of suicide bombings
‘People’s lawyer’ receives 10 years in prison
This past week “people’s attorney” Lynne Stewart faced the
outrage of being returned to court for an even harsher sentence at the demand
of reactionary judges on a higher court who had denounced her original sentence
of 28 months as too lenient.
‘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.