CPs declare solidarity with Palestinian people
ATHENS – Meeting here last weekend, representatives of Communist and workers parties of the southern and eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf and Red Sea regions reiterated their solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Americans and Afghans grieve together
KABUL, Afghanistan – Coming together in common grief, a group of Americans who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 terror attacks on Jan. 16 visited three Afghan children whose mother was killed in an errant U.S. airstrike.
Israeli public opinion: Something has changed
TEL AVIV – Awareness is growing among the Israeli public about the serious dangers caused by Sharon’s policies and actions against the Palestinians, and new opposition to it can be seen. The media are increasingly reporting facts about which they had previously kept silent.
Students oppose tuition hikes
CHICAGO – Deep funding cuts aimed at solving the Illinois state budget crisis will wallop students in the University of Illinois (U of I) system. Republican Gov. George Ryan has cut $34 million in funds allocated to the university this year to close a $500-million budget gap resulting from the deepening economic recession.
Break the silence on civilian deaths
The capitalist press has been shy about revealing the toll the “War on Terrorism” has exacted on the innocent in Afghanistan. Those residing in the U.S. are not being told about the devastation that U.S. bombs are raining down upon innocent civilians.
Infinite justification
President Bush has declared that he is fighting a “war against terrorism,” and this war, different from any the U.S. has fought before, will go on for an undefined, unspecified, but protracted length of time. At first he called this a “crusade,” Operation Infinite Justice, then changed to Operation Enduring Freedom.
Subsidies are todays key farm issue
Just when the Republican majority of the House had approved farm subsidies for the next 10 years and the Democrat-controlled Senate, with the support of some Republicans, stood ready to enact subsidies for the next five years, out comes Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), in an op-ed piece in The New York Times, calling for an end to all farm subsidies.
The case of the disappearing surplus
The fiscal year (FY) 2003 budget war is underway with, as usual, the issues clouded by what Mark Twain called “figures, statistics and damn lies.” For the entire article, click on the headline. For more on the budget, visit The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Rethinking welfare reform
The welfare reform law is up for reauthorization in March. The World will be running articles from various organizations on this important issue.
Racism remains factor in health
The economic boom of the 1990s brought improved health conditions for most people in the United States. It wasn’t a dramatic increase, more like a trickle-down effect. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information on this issue, visit this Centers For Disease Control webpage.
