Iowans hold state peace conference
DES MOINES – The All Iowa Anti-War Convergence brought 200 Iowans from throughout the state to Drake University recently to support the April 20 March on Washington and strengthen the anti-war movement in Iowa.
Unions unite for environment, safety
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined forces at a protest rally last Monday in support of two bills before the California legislature that would protect the environment and increase highway safety in port areas.
International Notes
Massive French protests vs. Le Pen/China urges support for developing countries/Niger cuts ties with Israel/Ukraine elections bolster anti-people reforms
Beware the home-ownership Enron
In a cruel hoax, the capitalists are singing “home ownership” as a solution to the terrible insecurity their system creates daily. President George W. Bush is the current lead for the “Culture of Ownership” band. But beware the “Enron” in their siren song!
WTOs third try a charm for Southern nations
Two years ago in Seattle, the transnational corporations at the meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) expected to extend so-called “free trade,” already in place under NAFTA, around the world. Their plot failed due to the opposition of two potent forces.
300 rally for peace and justice
TUCSON – “This kind of movement can lead the way to world peace,” thundered local Jobs with Justice leader Steve Valencia to equally loud applause from the hundreds of people gathered at Catalina Park here.
Progressive programs under attack
NEW YORK – Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) is a small liberal arts college located on the Upper East Side here. The beginning of the spring terms marked a fundamental change in the way MMC is administered.
May Day: Born in the USA
On June 22, 1835, in Philadelphia, on the Schuykill River coal wharves, the workers paraded in the streets behind banners demanding, “From 6 to 6, ten hours work and two hours for meals.”
Groups protest INS raids and arrests
OAKLAND – Leaders of labor, immigrant rights and community groups held a press conference April 17 at the Federal Building here to protest the action of the Immigration and Naturalization Service(INS) in harassing and arresting immigrant workers at area airport terminals.
Earth Day signals battles to come in 2002 elections
President George Bush tried to look outdoorsy for an Earth Day photo-op in the Adirondack Mountains, but his environmental policies are being assailed by environmentalists, leading Democrats and others.
