10,000 marchers back Yale strikers
New Haven police arrest 100 NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Downtown New Haven came to a standstill Sept. 13 as the nation’s labor movement turned out more than 10,000 union members from the Northeast and as far away as Nevada and Florida in support of striking university and hospital workers at Yale University.
This week in sports Trade Regrets?
The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker
The cultural work has just begun
The Cultural Worker: The notion of the Cultural Worker, the artist-activist, walking among the ranks of radicals, is an idea that has been well-developed over many years
Whats on your plate?
Book review: Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto—The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest by Peter Pringle, Simon & Schuster, 356 pp., $25
Uncovering the real Arnold Schwarzenegger
OAKLAND, Calif. – Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was a “no show” Sept. 3 when California Gov. Gray Davis and five candidates for governor explained their positions on a wide range of issues in the first debate of the Oct. 7 recall election.
Chile conmemora 30 aniversario golpe
Los chilenos están conmemorando el 30 aniversario del golpe fascista y la muerte del presidente Salvador Allende con diversos actos. Las actividades empezaron el 31 de agosto y culminan el 12 de septiembre y son organizado por el Comité Iniciativa 30 Años.
September in History
September dates in history
Hes a deceiver
This parody tracks The Monkees’ seminal 1967 arrangement of the song “I’m a Believer,” right up to the fade … Sing along!
Music reviews: Four CDs from around the world
Natural, Celso Fonseca (Six Degrees); Asian Underground, Various Artists (Music Rough Guide); Suite for New York, D.D. Jackson (Justin Time); IF, Myriam Alter (Justin Time)
Film review: Balseros reveals complexities of Cuban emigration
Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech are Spanish television journalists who were assigned by Barcelona’s public television to cover the 1994 exodus of Cubans to the U.S. The film that resulted, Balseros, Spanish for “rafters,” has won major awards at both the Miami and Havana film festivals.
