U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel
The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued a “cease and desist order” to the U.S. – Cuba Labor Exchange because of that organization’s plan to send a delegation to Cuba at the end of April. The group went anyway, despite threatened criminal charges.
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EDITORIAL: Holocaust denial
In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Hitler fascism, a new Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe opened in Berlin May 10.
My military tribunal
Too young to join the Army during World War II, Richard Neill worked in the Merchant Marine. That was an equally dangerous job. He was drafted and wounded in the Korean War (June 27, 1950, to July 27, 1953). The McCarthy Red Scare was at its worst in the ’50s. Many members of the National Maritime Union were denied the Coast Guard papers needed to work as seamen.
