Political suicide
My club had just finished going door-to-door with the AFL-CIO petition to save Social Security and giving out PWWs when I read “Upholding Theoretical Foundations.”
Letters
Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift move over…; Media half-truths on Social Security; ‘Downfall’ disappointment; Remember FDR, protect Social Security; Parallels between ‘war on terror,’ Iraq and Vietnam
Editorial: Debatable deal
The recent deal between 14 Democrats and Republicans on the filibuster and judicial nominees leaves much to be desired. Democrats agreed not to block judges appointed by the administration except in “extraordinary circumstances,” while, in exchange, the Republican ultra-right won’t invoke the so-called “nuclear option” — changing Senate rules to end the filibuster.
Letters
Italian elections; More on Communist Party; Working class pride; Scoundrel time; A wonderful gift; When will it end?; Swords into ploughshares
Labor Update
Support grows for health care bill; American-Islamic group supports EFCA; Union addresses high cost of housing; Bush targets FMLA; Labor on the air
Prisoner needs medical care
PHILADELPHIA — Russell “Maroon” Shoats, 61, has been in prison for over 33 years for the death of a policeman in a case known as the “Philly 5.” He is a father, grandfather and model prisoner, with only one minor rule infraction during his imprisonment. Despite his good behavior, he has spent more than 10 of those years in solitary confinement.
Phila. MOVE tragedy recalled
Over 200 MOVE supporters and members gathered May 14 near the site where Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the group’s row house 20 years ago. Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor ordered the fire department “to let the fire burn.” Eleven MOVE members, including five children, died in the blaze.
FBI agent admits: no case vs. Cuban 5
There was no evidence the Cuban Five posed a threat to the U.S., the lead FBI investigator in the case has admitted.
'Storm Signals'
Upon leaving Grenada after a visit during the U.S. invasion and occupation in October 1983, then-Secretary of State George Schultz looked out of his official jet at the lush greenery below and proclaimed, “What a lovely piece of real estate!”
U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel
The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued a “cease and desist order” to the U.S. – Cuba Labor Exchange because of that organization’s plan to send a delegation to Cuba at the end of April. The group went anyway, despite threatened criminal charges.
