A simple message: Don't Sell Out Our Kids
Hundreds protest California Gov. Arnold Schwarzennegger’s proposed cuts in education and public services.
Californians demand reps take the pledge
The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) campaign to maximize strong opposition to the Bush administration’s proposals of privatized Social Security accounts is picking up steam. The group, working with its 105 labor and community affiliates, is organizing 12 town hall meetings throughout the state during March and April focused on convincing congresspersons to sign the AFL-CIO pledge to defend the system.
Senators reject Clear Skies smokescreen
While environmental activists scored a victory March 9 with the apparent defeat of President Bush’s so-called “Clear Skies” initiative, they still have a fight on their hands over recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules.
A red flame for justice: Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta received the “Red Flame Award” for outstanding progressive leadership.
PWW announces Frazier to cover African American affairs
CHICAGO — The People’s Weekly World editorial board announced this week that Martin Frazier has joined the staff as a writer and editor, with a particular focus on African American/Caribbean/African affairs, as well as culture and music. He brings to the paper a rich background in these areas, coupled with hands-on experience as a political and cultural activist.
Communist urges action on equality fight
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The 31st annual PWW African American History Month celebration here, on Feb. 27, was an electrifying event with Jarvis Tyner, executive vice chairman of the Communist Party, keynoting. Tyner, a founding member of the Black Radical Congress, addressed the theme of the event, “40th Anniversary Voting Rights Act — Dismantling the Roadblocks to Equality in 2005.”
Regional instability threatens India
KOLKATA, India — Following the Nepal coup in early February, security analysts warned the Indian government to concentrate security forces here in the northeast, an area that faces growing violence and instability. The armed insurgencies in the northeastern states that border Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma and China rival the security problems faced in Kashmir.
Iraqi womans blog becomes play
NEW YORK — Six Figures Theatre Company presents “Baghdad Burning,” a full-length play adapted from the “Girl Blog from Iraq” written by Riverbend, an anonymous 25-year-old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad.
Women making movies: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers and drug dealers, but the girls of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers and marine biologists. Premiering March 12 at the prestigious South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, “Troop 1500: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars,” a moving new documentary by acclaimed filmmakers Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein, features the inspired and innovative Girl Scout program that brings young girls into prison to meet with their inmate moms.
Pentagons hype conceals horrors of war
Tod Ensign is an attorney and director of Citizen Soldier, a GI and veterans rights advocacy project. With “America’s Military Today: The Challenge of Militarism,” Ensign has written a useful and important guide to the military today.
