LETTERS, May 30, 2009
NM heroes Tortured times We survived Bad dream You might like socialism Need more Marxism
Letters - May 31, 2008
Fascist mayor terrorizes Rome Help correct injustice Israel’s nukes ‘Iron Man’ fan
Worldnotes - May 31, 2008
Venezuela: Solidarity = medical education Iraq: U.S. military jails children, report charges Philippines: Activists see less role for coal Italy: Green light for persecution Niger: Report highlights disparities Cuba: Energy revolution bears fruit
Editorials
Mourn the dead and organize for peace / Caging the foxes
Cinco de Mayo has many lessons
Cinco de Mayo is an important national holiday for the Mexican people.It is a celebration of the victory of freedom and national sovereignty. Often, commemorations focus on the military victory by a Mexican people’s army over a larger force of well-trained French troops in the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. But a look at the whole story finds important parallels for our own time, for Mexico and others.
Letters
Returning artifacts to Iraq One of the unfortunate tools and consequences of war is the destruction of the history and cultural heritage of tribes, ethnic groups, and even nations.
Editorials
May 1: International Workers’ Day Only 117 years ago, May 1, 1886, Albert and Lucy Parsons and their two children led 80,000 workers up Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, arm-in-arm, singing. That day, a third of a million American workers answered the call of the Federation of Organized Trade and Labor Unions, predecessor of the American Federation of Labor, to lay down their tools, demanding relief from the brutal 12- and 14-hour workdays imposed by the capitalist employers.
Solidarity leaders say: Let Cuba live!
WASHINGTON – A standing-room crowd of Cuba solidarity activists packed the Cuban Interest Section April 26 for a briefing on the current U.S.-Cuba crisis. Cuba’s response to so-called “dissidents” including the execution of three men who hijacked a ferry has stirred widespread concern among many who have been active in Cuba solidarity. The ferry hijacking was one of seven hijackings of Cuban airliners and boats in as many months, placing at risk the lives of scores of men, women and children.
