Mumia Abu-Jamals supporters vow to keep up fight
PHILADELPHIA — Following the decision by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals that Mumia Abu-Jamal must be sentenced to life in prison or receive a new sentencing trial, his attorney and his supporters are vowing to continue the fight for his exoneration.
McCain to at-risk homeowners: Drop dead!
WASHINGTON — Millions of homeowners facing foreclosure got a bucket of ice water in the face from Sen. John McCain March 25. “The mess you are in is your own fault. Don’t expect any bailouts from me.” That was the GOP presidential nominee’s message, stripped of election-year rhetoric.
Fulfill the legacies of King and Chavez
On March 31 we celebrated the 81st birthday of the late Cesar Chavez, the revered co-founder of the United Farm Workers union. On April 4 we marked the anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Today, in the titanic struggle to end the right-wing grip on our nation’s government, it is timely to reflect on the legacies of these giants of American history.
Republicans muzzle credit card victims
Four workers robbed by their credit card companies sat silently at recent congressional hearings on the matter, afraid to share their horror stories with the people elected to represent them.
HOPE for Houston
HOUSTON —When the City Council last week approved a three-year contract with the Houston Organization of Public Employees by a 13 to 2 vote, Houston became the first city in Texas to okay a labor agreement with city workers other than firefighters or police officers.
Im in a world of hurt
Shawn Boone did not die instantly five years ago at the Hayes Lemmerz plant in Huntington, Ind. He was lying on the floor, his body smoldering, as the aluminum dust burned through his flesh and then his muscles.
Blogging from India #5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) meets
COIMBATORE, India — In a city at the center of India’s textile industry — one that is full of working class history and struggle — the Communist Party of India (Marxist) concluded its six-day congress April 3 with a mass rally of close to 200,000 people.
Striking Venezuelan steel workers gain support
The struggle of the steel workers at SIDOR, Latin America’s fourth largest steel plant, located in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, is unfolding under complex conditions imposed by multiple actors on that country’s revolutionary stage.
Temple U. workers demand a fair contract
PHILADELPHIA ― A boisterous crowd of some 500 members of AFSCME Local 1723 and their supporters rallied on the Temple University campus here April 1 in a noontime action to protest the university’s stalling tactics.
Whos got the power?
With all the hype around the elections, all the scandals coming to the surface around elected officials and the increased pillaging of our constitution and civil liberties, it’s time to ask ourselves what is really going on in this country.
