UniverSoul Circus begins ninth year
The ninth production of the UniverSoul Circus kicked off its 20-city Platinum Soul 2002 tour in Miami, Fla. Feb. 1.
Indian Communists rally to support Palestine
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India – On March 30, as part of their 18th Congress, the Communist Party of India (CPI) held a special meeting in solidarity with the people of Palestine.
Documents show corporate collusion on energy
After 11 months of stalling, the Energy Department grudgingly agreed to a court order and on March 26 released 11,000 pages of documents showing collusion between the nation’s energy conglomerates and the White House in the formation of the Bush administration’s energy policy. The documents in question came from several government departments, including the Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information, see this OMB Watch article.
Protests greet latest occupation atrocities
TEL AVIV – The reports from occupied Ramallah speak for themselves. The live reports I receive by phone or e-mail from friends and colleagues in Ramallah, Bir-Zeit, Tulkarm and other Palestinian cities are dreadful. And then, another suicide bomber blasts himself to pieces and takes with him 14 Israelis, injuring some 40 more at a main Haifa thoroughfare.
Check your state university against this
Faculty salaries are the most expensive portion of university budgets. For institutions with such a vital role in American society, maintaining classrooms with instructors is the most important part of university life.
Justice for detainees in interest of labor
The following is a speech given by Gary Goff at the “New York City Labor in Solidarity with Immigrant Detainees” demonstration in Brooklyn, New York on March 23.
The vigilant struggle to free Mumia continues
If the price of freedom is eternal vigilance, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal and those fighting against the death penalty are willingly paying the price of freedom.
Court rules against immigrant workers
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 March 27 that an undocumented worker fired for union activity has no recourse to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to get monetary compensation in the form of back pay. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read the press release from the AFL-CIO on this subject, click here.
Just what is the Carlyle Group?
The name “Carlyle Group” has been cropping up a lot lately in news stories in connection with arms deals and the powerful interests involved in making those deals. But little is known about the group – who is in it, how does it operate and what does it have to do with the lives of ordinary people?
Edison is not the solution
The following is testimony delivered to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on March 26.
