Community rallies to save steel mill
LORAIN, Ohio – With a rallying cry of “Let’s Make Steel!” 200 people gathered together in the Lynn Williams Learning Center here. Under the leadership of Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), dozens of steelworkers, public officials, education and religious community leaders, rallied to save the bankrupt Republic Technologies Incorporated steel mill from shutting down.
Lawyer indicted based on secret monitoring
Lynne Stewart, a New York attorney well known for her feisty defense of controversial criminal suspects, was indicted by the federal government on April 9, along with three other individuals.
PWW writer goes to Mideast
Judith Le Blanc, vice chairwoman of the Communist Party USA and correspondent for the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo, left April 14 for a two-week tour of the Middle East and the Occupied Territories. Le Blanc will report on the current situation in the West Bank, Gaza and Israel. Audio broadcasts on the web are being planned.
Students testify at SRC meeting
PHILADELPHIA – An organized struggle against the state takeover and privatization of schools here continues. The Philadelphia Student Union has been one of the organizations that has been at the forefront of this struggle, and the presentations of some of its members at the April 10 School Reform Commission (SRC) meeting were examples of its work.
TANF on the ropes
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the replacement to the Aid for Dependent Children, is up for reauthorization this Fall. Last week, groups from the community to labor organized a national call-in to senators against the punitive Carper-Bayh TANF reauthorization bill.
Amnesty march calls for justice
CHICAGO – Over 500 people marched here April 14, calling for amnesty for all undocumented immigrants, an end to the U.S. bombardment of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, and justice for all.
International Criminal Court established
More than half a century after it was proposed in the ruins of World War II, the world’s first permanent court for the prosecution of war criminals was established on April 11 when 10 countries deposited ratification documents with the United Nations in New York. For the entire article, click on the headline. To see the initiating speech given to form the ICC, click here.
What globalization means to working people
What does globalization mean to working people? Ask a member of UNITE and she’ll talk about the thousands of good paying jobs that were taken overseas. Talk to the young woman in Bangladesh who gets 20 cents for making a shirt that sells for $30 at The Gap.
Rep. Jackson calls for shift in priorities
CHICAGO – On April 8, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), an energetic and idealistic young man, spoke of his vision for America to a small crowd in a basement auditorium of a public library on the South Side here. Jackson demanded a shift in our country’s priorities at a Peace and Jobs Community Forum.
Coalition vows to Reclaim America from Bush, Enron
WASHINGTON – With Enron as a symbol of what has gone wrong, a coalition of labor, civil and human rights groups met here April 10-12 to chart a fightback against corporate America and the Republican right in the 2002 elections.
