USWA protests
PITTSBURGH – Steelworkers, environmentalists and student progressive groups erected a 15-foot effigy of AK Steel Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Richard M. Wardrop, on the University of Pittsburgh city campus Feb. 12.
On the necessity of socialism
During the CPUSA’s pre-convention period about a year ago, we had a rather lively discussion of socialism in the party and in our publications, and there was a convention panel on socialism. But the discussion never reached beyond our circles, partly because of its nature. For the entire article, click on the headline. To hear the RealAudio speech given by Sam Webb titled, 'Saving Humanity,' click here.
Public ownership could solve LTV crisis
CLEVELAND – With the clock ticking, steelworkers, public officials and community leaders are studying offers to buy the bankrupt LTV Steel mills and considering the possibility of public ownership. For the entire article, click on the headline. To view the USWA's facts and stats about steel visit this link.
Truth emerging: Human toll in Afghanistan
“Why did they bomb us? Why did they do this?” asked Afghan civilians captured and beaten in two nights of raids in Oruzgan by U.S. military forces Jan 24. They were released this week and told their story to The New York Times. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information on this issue, visit the American Friends Service Committee, Peace Action or the United States Student Association.
The 10th Congress of the Communist Party of Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO – Larger than the contiguous United States in geographical area, Brazil has the second largest economy in the western hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world. Brazil has a population of 170 million, 46 percent of whom are of African heritage. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the Communist Party of Brazil (in Portugeuse) website, click here.
Tudeh Party condemns Bushs axis of evil
The Tudeh Party (Communist Party) of Iran last week strongly condemned President George Bush’s designation of Iran, Iraq and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as “the axis of evil” and his threats against the three countries in his Jan. 29 State of the Union address.
A plea for the environment
There is nothing patriotic about handing over our natural heritage to the oil industry. But that’s exactly what the White House wants to do in the name of national security.
California lawmakers: Arrest Enron execs
WASHINGTON – A committee of the California State Senate has demanded that Kenneth Lay and other Enron officials be brought to California to stand trial for contempt for refusing to testify before a California Senate Committee investigating “manipulation of the energy market.” For the entire article, click on the headline. To read a press release by Representative John Conyers on Enron, click here. More information is also available at Texans for Public Justice.
At the movies: Coming attractions
For movie lovers, it always seems to be feast or famine. Either there are so many good films to chose from that you might as well sleep in the lobby, or you’re so desperate you’re actually considering seeing Slackers.
Love and sex at the Met
That statement reflects the heart of “Surrealism: Desire Unbound,” a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, being shown through May 12. The exhibit includes works by Man Ray, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Giacometti and Salvador Dalí, among others. Much of the informative wall-text about the artists quotes Marcel Duchamp.
