Letters
Take action on gas prices; Brilliant man?; Military recruitment in schools; Questions; Bring the Guard home; Unequal treatment; The People v. Bush; Stop corporate looters
Labor Update
NWA safety defects; Picketing Smokey Joe; A storm of solidarity
Labor activists question mayoral endorsement
NEW YORK — Labor activists are puzzled as to why a few important unions here have given their endorsement to incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the upcoming mayoral election. His tenure has been marked by bitter disputes with virtually all of the largest public sector unions in the city.
Communist Party, USA Demands Full Federal Support For Katrina Victims
Hurricane Katrina has inflicted an immense and unspeakable tragedy on the people of the Gulf Coast. The situation grows worse by the hour. The Mayor of New Orleans estimates that thousands have died and as many as 100,000 may still be trapped in the flooded city. Without food or drinkable water, time is running out for these men, women and children.
Venezuela Matters
CHICAGO — During an Aug. 24 press conference with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who denounced televangelist Pat Robertson’s call for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s assassination, the consul general of Venezuela, Martin Sanchez, announced a multimedia cultural exhibit called “Venezuela Matters.” The exhibit will open Oct. 13-14 at Chicago’s East River Art Center. And on Oct. 15, Afro-Venezuelan Day will be celebrated at Rainbow/PUSH headquarters here.
Letters
Socialism and security; End police terror; A different God?; Afghanistan and hypocrisy; Iraq’s constitution; Truth perspective; Wrong from the start
Editorial: Labor Day 2005
Asked in June to take the pulse of his members, neighbors and friends, Ohio autoworker union leader Lloyd McHaffrey replied, “Everybody’s uneasy.”
Librarians protest Patriot Act
A lawsuit filed by an unnamed member of the American Library Association in Connecticut brings out in the open the Bush administration’s efforts to monitor our reading habits under the USA Patriot Act. The suit comes at the same time as a House-Senate conference committee is moving to renew the act, passed by Congress in October 2001.
Labor Update
Privatizing food stamps NLRB upholds ban on friendship; Autoworkers push fuel efficiency; Youngstown newspaper strike ends; Service workers of the world unite!
CDREVIEW
For many years Cameroon-born Kaïssa worked as a backup singer for artists such as Cesaria Evora, Jean-Michel Jarre and Diana Ross. ...
