Roberto Clemente honored
Major League Baseball paid tribute to Puerto Rican hero Roberto Clemente with the commissioner’s historic achievement award at the 2006 All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, July 11.
A mega-development looms in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — An estimated 4,000 people gathered here July 16 to protest a $3.5 billion development deal that critics charge would lead to “instant gentrification” and radically alter the political landscape of this borough
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Guatemala: Small farmers occupy large estates Indonesia: International support grows for striking security workers Caribbean: Caricom nations choose Venezuela Angola: Famine, disease hit despite economic growth Global health: Cuba serves South Africa, East Timor
Mexico: Over 1 million rally, demand vote recount
MEXICO CITY — In the wake of growing public protest to force authorities to recount the vote, including a rally last week of over 1.5 million people in this city’s central square, more evidence of electoral wrongdoing during the July 2 elections continues to surface.
Angie Lebowitz: Fighting for better world with PWW
NEW YORK — “I remember,” says Angie Lebowitz, “giving the paper out in Jamaica, Queens, when it was still the Daily Worker.” This was decades ago. Today, Lebowitz still distributes the People’s Weekly World every week like clockwork.
