Venezuelan democracy under siege (by U.S.)
Opinion Twelve years ago a populist priest named Jean-Bertrand Aristide became President of Haiti, in that country’s first democratic elections. A businessman summed up the attitude of Haiti’s small but stubborn elite: “Everybody who is anybody is against Aristide – except for the people!”
Editorials
Study war no more / No turkey for Thanksgiving
Radio suffers from corporate control
A new report by the Future of Music Coalition tells us about the sad state of radio today after six years of deregulation.
10,000 demand: Close U.S. terror school
Over 10,000 people from far and wide gathered at the gates of Ft. Benning, Ga., Nov. 17 to demand closure of the School of the Americas (SOA), better known as the “School of Assassins,” where many death squad officers from Latin America have been trained.
Chicagos banquet a success
CHICAGO – Honoring legendary fighters for social justice, the annual Illinois People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo banquet raised $6,100 for the 2002 Fund Drive here Oct. 20.
Editorials
Stop the vote thieves before they steal / Did the Russian hostages die for Caspian oil?
Lou Bortz
CLEVELAND – Longtime Communist Party activist Lou Bortz died here Aug. 16. He was 92 years old.
James Herndon,1925-2002
James Herndon, progressive attorney and lifelong social activist, died Sept. 17. He was 77 years old. Jim, as he was known to his friends and family, was a man of keen intellect and deep commitment to social causes affecting the lives of the African Diaspora and working people of all colors.
