EDITORIAL: Celebrate mothers fight for peace, justice
Certainly it is good that we have displays of devotion on Mother’s Day, roses and chocolates, taking Mom out to dinner. But there is a need to reclaim the idea of Mother’s Day proposed by Julia Ward Howe back in 1870. Her “Mother’s Day Proclamation” reads in part, “Arise then, women of this day. ... From the bosom of the devastated Earth, a voice goes up with our own. It says, ‘Disarm! Disarm!’”
HR 676 offers Rx for Cover the Uninsured week
WASHINGTON (PAI) — A bill establishing a government-run Canadian style single-payer health care system for the U.S., built on Medicare, is gaining union backers, coincidentally as “Cover the Uninsured” week ran from May 1-7. The measure, HR 676 by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), would eliminate the private, for-profit health insurance industry by establishing a government-run system.
Missouri miners demand card check neutrality
ST. LOUIS — Demanding that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, accept a “card check neutrality” process which would allow its workers to unionize with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), over 100 trade unionists and community activists rallied outside of the annual Peabody shareholders meeting here May 5.
WORLD NOTES
Burma: Epidemics linked to junta Angola: Rebuilding postwar countryside Palestine: A people under siege Vietnam: Communist Party congress Mexico: Activists under attack
Nepal: New government unravels kings rule
Nepal’s new government said this week it is canceling all political appointments, legislation, decrees and other actions by King Gyanendra during his absolute rule since October 2002.
Bolivia joins new alliance, nationalizes gas
Three months into a seemingly quiescent presidency, Bolivian President Evo Morales has staked out banners of change for Latin America.
Graft, environment top issues in Calif. 11th CD
Issues of corruption, environmental preservation and meeting the needs of ordinary people are at the heart of the three-way struggle being waged in Northern California’s 11th Congressional District, extending from the Central Valley into the San Francisco Bay area.
Jury rejects death penalty for Moussaoui
Four years ago, the federal government arrested Zacarias Moussaoui, 37, for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There were plenty of twists and turns in the trial, including delays caused by federal attorneys’ misconduct in coaching witnesses.
Whats Really Good
Students rally against sweatshops Hip hop convention in Chicago New York law school expels Coca-Cola Iowa high school students walk out in support of teachers
St. Louis raises $3,000 at awards breakfast
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri/Kansas Friends of the People’s Weekly World held their 14th annual Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Awards Breakfast here April 29, educating listeners about Venezuela and raising $3,000 for the PWW fund drive in the process.
