WORLDNOTES
Kenya: Free program to treat malaria Venezuela: Music transforms children’s lives Britain: Muslim student victimized by U.S. bias Cuba: Belarus pledges support
Who is Orlando Bosch?
Orlando Bosch, a former pediatrician, lives a quiet life in a beige stucco Miami home, his family close at hand. He’s been well treated by the authorities. In 1983, the city declared an “Orlando Bosch Day.” However, Bosch is a confessed terrorist and murderer. And in a recent interview on Miami’s Channel 41, he attempted to justify his killings.
In Nepal, protests lead to victory
Huge protests planned for April 25, on what would have been day 20 of a nationwide general strike to restore parliamentary democracy, turned into victory rallies after King Gyanendra announced the previous night that the House of Representatives, dissolved in May 2002, would be reinstated.
Outrage over boot camp death
The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office have launched an investigation into the death of a 14-year-old at a Florida “boot camp.” Martin Lee Anderson, an African American youth, died Jan. 5 shortly after collapsing at the Bay County Sheriff’s Office Boot Camp. Anderson was the third young Black male to die in state custody in Florida in the last three years.
NATIONALCLIPS
MELVILLE, W.Va.: Mine inspector ordered to ‘back off’ RICHMOND, Va.: Beaches saved from oil companies PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.: West Point grads speak out against war LOUISVILLE, Ky.: Hundreds honor Anne Braden
Community demands action on police brutality
MILWAUKEE — Over 6,000 people gathered here April 18 to protest police brutality rampant in the city. The diverse crowd marched to the federal courthouse to protest the recent acquittal of three Milwaukee County police officers charged with beating Frank Jude Jr., who is bi-racial. The officers, who faced a total of five charges, were acquitted by an all-white jury.
N.Y.s Hudson Valley seen as Congress battlefield
The prospect of toppling two GOP House members in New York’s Hudson Valley has Democrats, peace activists and progressives coming together, aware that 2006 can end the Bush administration’s control of Congress.
High gas prices linked to oily White House
WASHINGTON — Hustling to contain voter outrage over gas prices ratcheting up over $3 a gallon in an election year, President George W. Bush ordered the Justice Department to investigate price fixing. He also suspended environmental rules to allow Big Oil to sell polluting gasoline.
WHATSREALLYGOOD
NYU grad students continue struggle for union; Student expelled for being gay; Muzzles awarded; Young Communists host blog
