Worldnotes - May 17, 2008
Nicaragua: Emergency food summit India: Food protests planned Turkey: May Day police violence Somalia: U.S. and Ethiopia blamed Cuba: Cuban Five remembered
Pictures from May Day 2008
Here are some photos from May Day events around the country. Workers gathered in cities across the U.S. to celebrate International Workers Day but also to demand a humane immigration policy.
Letters - May 10, 2008
McCain is the enemy New Deal for people, not Wall Street Prison spending stats McCain, wrong again
Worldnotes - May 10, 2008
UN: World hunger is top priority Afghanistan: U.S. troops tortured prisoners Chile: Strike riles copper giant Morocco: Factory fire kills workers Japan: Court rejects military role in Iraq
Edwards ends presidential bid. Obama, Clinton praise ex-rival
John Edwards withdrew from the race for the presidency Jan. 30, saying in New Orleans, where he had launched his campaign, “it is time to step aside so that history can blaze its path.” He was referring to a campaign that could put Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman, or Barack Obama, the first African American, in the White House.
Milton Wolff, last Lincoln Brigade Commander
Milton Wolff, a perennial symbol of U.S. working-class internationalism, died Jan. 14 in California at age 92. Born in Brooklyn of immigrant parents, the last commander of the Washington-Lincoln Brigades that fought fascism in Spain was a man of charisma and intelligence.
Tribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia
In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40 percent of the children don’t attend school.
U.S.-Mexico anti-drug plan sparks uproar
A hullabaloo has arisen over a secretly negotiated anti-drug proposal that would include new U.S. funds for Mexican and Central American security forces.
EDITORIAL: Mortgages & mayors
The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a dramatic new report this week, predicting the mortgage foreclosure crisis will cause big economic losses in cities around the country.
