Social Security and Calif. pensions facing very similar threats
As California labor and community organizations mobilize to uphold Social Security, they are seeing a related development in the concerted drive by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to privatize new state workers’ pensions and eliminate state contributions to teachers’ retirement.
Protesters say turn on the heat
CHICAGO — Angry city residents suffering without heat have joined advocates for low-income energy assistance to hold numerous protests to get household heat turned back on in thousands of homes across Chicago. On Jan. 18 they marched on the office of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, demanding he take emergency action.
Gala opening for Chicagos Unity Center
CHICAGO — A new political landmark will throw its doors open here, Feb. 12, for a gala open house. The Unity Center, operated by the Workers Education Society (WES), is a newly renovated “green” building, which is the new home of the People’s Weekly World editorial office.
One familys response to the State of the Union address
When Mr. Bush gave the State of the Union address, he spoke of Iraq as a country which Americans are really proud of, because they voted Jan. 30 — although we well know it is a very immoral situation.
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Hartford neighbors say Tax the rich
Do I feed my children or do I pay the rent? What do you do when the children of your state have to live in poverty because their parents lack the economic resources to take care of their needs? What do you do when public officials who pass legislation and make policies totally ignore the people who are affected by their acts?
Purple Heart winner flees to Canada
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) —Rather than face another tour of duty in Iraq, a Lexington soldier who won a Purple Heart after he was wounded by a roadside bomb has fled to Canada. Darrell Anderson, 22, wounded last April, was deeply disillusioned about the war, according to his mother, Anita Anderson. The possibility of another tour in Iraq this summer was something he couldn’t face, she said.
Sweeney seeks more comment on AFL-CIO revamp
WASHINGTON (PAI) — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is seeking comments on changing the labor federation’s nature and structure. “We will undertake a full and open discussion about our future and the choices we must make together,” he said in an early December letter, outlining topics for the federation’s 50th-anniversary convention, to be held in Chicago in late July 2005.
The Woodsman
Movie Review Nicole Kassel’s “The Woodsman,” starring Kevin Bacon, is a quiet and subtle exploration into the world of pedophilia and incest. And while we might want to put that as far away from us as possible, the movie makes us look at it with uncomfortable closeness. It suggests that how we view our children — as our breathing property or as little beings — makes all the difference.
Slavery and the Making of America on PBS
Coming to PBS on Feb. 9 and Feb 16 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. is the four-part series “Slavery and the Making of America.”
