12 ways the U.S. could really help Cuba
Within two hours of President George Bush’s tirade against Cuba on Oct. 24, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque delivered Cuba’s response to reporters in Havana.
A million march in Italy for jobs, welfare
One million people took to the streets of Rome Oct. 21 in protest of the existing legislative proposals on welfare and laws covering “precarious work” (temp work, underemployment, quasi-self employment and on-call work) that affect more than 60 percent of Italy’s workers.
New Springsteen and Earle CDs pack a wallop
Both Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle have released new music.
Confined animal feeding stinks to high heaven
If you are driving down the interstate and suddenly come on a terrible smell, you are probably passing the site of a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO). There, thousands of animals are crowded together, being fed to get up to market weight. The manure these operations produce equals the sewage produced by a city.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Nov. 3
Union demands apology Autoworkers back nurses Large union endorses Barack Obama Big New York union backs HR 676 AFL-CIO takes case vs. Bush overseas
Union leader: Bush failed in Calif. Fire
ENSCONDIDO, Calif. (PAI) — California officials showed leadership helping hundreds of thousands of San Diego-area residents forced to flee their homes during the state’s weeklong fire disaster, said Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, but President Bush didn’t.
Introducing Shades of Green
There’s an old saying that “there is nothing new under the sun,” meaning the essence of life — matter — can be neither created nor destroyed. It just changes form.
Youth face tough economic times
While looking at most media coverage and news analysis about the current economic crisis, you will find almost no references to how the situation is affecting young people. There is little, if any, talk of what is happening in our nation’s schools and universities. However, for a number of reasons, it is easy to see that young people are being hit especially hard.
WORLD NOTES: Nov. 3
Palestine: Siege tightens on Gaza Congo: Humanitarian crisis looms Venezuela: New socialist party on track Italy: Protest to gov’t, ‘Do better’ Philippines: Scandals build
21 states to exhaust childrens health funds in 2008
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans sustained President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill for the second time in as many weeks, ignoring a new report that 21 states will run out of SCHIP funds in 2008 unless Congress approves the program with a big increase over current spending.
