Editorial: Hypocrisy on veterans
This Memorial Day, we think about the more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers dead and the tens of thousands wounded in body and mind in a war based on lies, pushed by a clique of right-wing militarists and their corporate backers.
Iron Man exposes U.S. arms race
If moviegoers get past the “Hollywoodisms” and the other distractions, they will learn something about the military industrial complex in the new film “Iron Man.”
Letters - May 17, 2008
More on food security Tibet Prisoner’s thank you Stop ‘Runner Initiative’ School cuts Working families deserve better
Worldnotes - May 17, 2008
Nicaragua: Emergency food summit India: Food protests planned Turkey: May Day police violence Somalia: U.S. and Ethiopia blamed Cuba: Cuban Five remembered
Pictures from May Day 2008
Here are some photos from May Day events around the country. Workers gathered in cities across the U.S. to celebrate International Workers Day but also to demand a humane immigration policy.
Terrorist Posada parties in Miami
Friends of Luis Posada Carriles held a banquet May 2 at the Big Five Club in West Miami-Dade in honor of the 80-year old Cuban exile. Pedro Peñaranda, president of Municipalities of Cuba in Exile, the group organizing the event, told the Miami Herald that supporters wanted to “recognize Posada as a great Cuban, a man of dignity and decency and as a great patriot.”
Letters - May 10, 2008
McCain is the enemy New Deal for people, not Wall Street Prison spending stats McCain, wrong again
Worldnotes - May 10, 2008
UN: World hunger is top priority Afghanistan: U.S. troops tortured prisoners Chile: Strike riles copper giant Morocco: Factory fire kills workers Japan: Court rejects military role in Iraq
May Day Photo Essay
NEW YORK-- A large and militant demonstration gathered at Washington Square Park in New York City to celebrate May Day. Many organizations and individuals took part in the rally which later marched to Foley Square. in front of City Hall.
