Torture memo fuels calls to close Guantanamo
Advocates for hundreds of detainees in George W. Bush’s “war on terror,” many held for years without criminal charges, are escalating their demands for fair trials or release of the prisoners and for closing Guantanamo and secret CIA prisons elsewhere.
Letters - April 5, 2008
Not the jobs we wanted The ‘people’s surge’ Protect our youth from recruiters Tibet Flying is scary Great reading Nonviolence is the way Dirty campaigns Help free the innocent
CPUSA: Mobilize for 2008 landslide
NEW YORK — A landslide victory over GOP presidential nominee John McCain and Republican congressional candidates is essential to “realign the political balance of forces and set the stage to move in a new direction with a new agenda and with a new sense of hope.”
Worldnotes - April 5, 2008
South Africa: Financial ties with China Argentina: Agricultural strike divides nation Afghanistan: Money disappears Indonesia: No free ride for international corporations Greece: Anti-worker pension plan passes Cuba: Reports favorable on development, energy use
May Day ads
The May Day issue of the People’s Weekly world will be the April 26 edition. We plan on another great issue and invite your participation.
Happy Birthday, Cesar Chavez
Millions celebrated the life of Cesar Chavez nationwide on his birthday, March 31.
Labor launches McCain Revealed campaign
Everywhere Republican presidential candidate John McCain goes these days he is finding union activists confronting him on economic issues and demanding that he speak to working families’ concerns. Since March 1, union members have held actions at McCain events in Ohio, Missouri and New Hampshire.
McCain flip flops on Social Security
Angry retirees descended on Social Security Administration offices in downtown Phoenix Mar. 7 holding placards that read, “Tell McCain ‘hands off Social Security.’”
Central American solidarity activists dispute DOJ order
WASHINGTON-- The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), illegally targeted in the 1980’s by the largest FBI Internal Security investigation of the Reagan era, has in recent months again received threatening communications from the U.S. Department of Justice.
McCain flip flops on Social Security
Angry retirees descended on Social Security Administration offices in downtown Phoenix Mar. 7 holding placards that read, “Tell McCain ‘hands off Social Security.’”
