Editorials
Giving thanks / Ditching Private Ryan and Saving Mr. DeLay
B.D. AmisBlack Communist & labor leader
While little known today, during the late 1920s and the 1930s, B.D. Amis was one of a small cadre of African Americans leading the fight for workers’ rights and racial justice. Urbane in demeanor and a dynamic speaker, he was one of the most important Black activists of his time. His commitment was to the working class and, in particular, the Black working class.
Colombia deports 4 unionists
Aidan White, general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, condemned the Colombian government last week for deporting four senior international trade unionists from the international airport in Bogotá in early November.
Editorials
That all may eat / Terrorist attacks serve war interests
Vietnam today
In October, Chicagoans Beatrice Lumpkin and her husband Frank, the chairman of the Wisconsin Steelworkers Save Our Jobs Committee, traveled to Vietnam for two weeks. Here are some of Beatrice’s travel notes.
Letters
Repeating mistakes of the past; Who is a saint?; Brach’s candies leave foul taste
Editorials
Georgia on our mind; No more blood and bombs
Prison labor needs reforms
Opinion The practice of prison labor is almost as old as the ages. In fact, many forms of ancient slavery lie in the use of conquered people for work. Currently, the idea and practice of prison labor is as diverse as it is controversial. Arguments for and against it are often based on broad assumptions about how and why prison labor is used.
