EDITORIAL: Cant cede an inch
fil·i·bus·ter: n. The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
EDITORIAL: Outrageous intimidation
The Bush administration’s attack on Newsweek is a smokescreen and part of its vicious assault on freedom of the press.
New dimensions African immigrants in the U.S.
The election of Barack Obama to the U.S. Senate brought national attention to the growing presence and influence of African immigrants in the United States. The son of a Kenyan immigrant, Obama is only the third African American senator since Reconstruction.
150 student leaders weigh in on Social Security
Determined to have their voices heard, 150 student government presidents signed a nonpartisan letter calling on Congress and the White House to protect Social Security. Representing hundreds of thousands of college students from all 50 states, the student leaders urged officials to consider the stake the younger generation has in defending Social Security.
Labor unity crucial to national health care fight
The complexity of the profit-based U.S. health care system is well known. It is a patchwork quilt of corporations seeking to maximize their profits. For the nation’s unions, this has meant the necessity of dealing with a complicated myriad of negotiated benefit plans.
Industrial unions blast Bush, CAFTA
WASHINGTON — “The destruction of manufacturing in this country is a crime,” charged John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. “And the criminals are still walking around. They should be locked up.”
Social Security and the N.Y. Times
Most Americans do not read The New York Times. But ideas expressed by its columnists make their way into mainstream discussions. Recently, two columnists weighed in with arguments related to Social Security.
World Notes
Haiti: Concern for Yvon Neptune; S. Africa: COSATU to picket retailers; Iraq: Child labor is rampant; Nepal: Parties unite for democracy; Global: Over 12 million enslaved
Venezuela and Cuba build trade pact
As the Bush administration bullies countries into signing “free trade” agreements — huge profit makers for corporations at the expense of all workers — Cuba and Venezuela signed a massive package of agreements that seek to develop their countries and meet human needs.
Move over CNN Here comes Telesur
The Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez, along with the left-leaning governments of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, will be launching Televisora del Sur (Telesur), a continent-wide TV station, by late June or early July to counter the neoconservative messages promoted by the corporate-owned media.
