Letters
Italian elections; More on Communist Party; Working class pride; Scoundrel time; A wonderful gift; When will it end?; Swords into ploughshares
Labor Update
Support grows for health care bill; American-Islamic group supports EFCA; Union addresses high cost of housing; Bush targets FMLA; Labor on the air
Prisoner needs medical care
PHILADELPHIA — Russell “Maroon” Shoats, 61, has been in prison for over 33 years for the death of a policeman in a case known as the “Philly 5.” He is a father, grandfather and model prisoner, with only one minor rule infraction during his imprisonment. Despite his good behavior, he has spent more than 10 of those years in solitary confinement.
Phila. MOVE tragedy recalled
Over 200 MOVE supporters and members gathered May 14 near the site where Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the group’s row house 20 years ago. Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor ordered the fire department “to let the fire burn.” Eleven MOVE members, including five children, died in the blaze.
