Thou shalt not ignore the First Amendment
I’m not a particularly religious person. Though many in my family are Catholic, I’m happy to identify myself as agnostic. But I do know about the Ten Commandments. Blame TV for showing Cecil B. DeMille’s epic every Easter, I guess.
Tell it to the Marines
Question: What does a Marine on a “float,” a soldier “in country” and a sailor homeported in the U.S. have in common with the Iraqi working class?
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Retirees rally against Medicare reform
CLEVELAND – About 35 seniors burst in to Republican Sen. Mike DeWine’s office on Aug. 26 demanding he vote against the Medicare “reform” bill being hatched in a House-Senate conference committee. Meanwhile hundreds more demonstrated outside.
White House muzzled 9/11 health risks
Labor unions that represent the thousands of rescue and recovery workers at the World Trade Center (WTC) towers site in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have suspected for some time that they weren’t getting the full story about the health dangers of working there. The same goes for the tens of thousands of New Yorkers in the immediate and extended area who inhaled the fumes and dust associated with the catastrophe.
Sneak attack in Texas
DALLAS – George Bush’s home state has gotten a lot of attention over the right-wing’s extralegal power grabs here, but the Republican government has sharpened another special razor and handed it to the populace. Gov. Rick Perry is currently on tour to convince Texans to cut our own throats.
Teachers, parents fight school cuts in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – This city’s public school system, like so many others around the nation, finds itself in the grip of a severe crisis. Its problems have been brought to a head by the recent privatization of the system’s management. Many parents are threatening to have their children boycott classes when schools open, especially in the district’s Black community, where 16 schools are being closed.
National Clips
ST. LOUIS, Mo.: Bush dogged on campaign trail; RICHFIELD, Ohio: Bush gets Midwest heat on Labor Day; WASHINGTON, D.C.: Braun for President, says NOW; CHARLESTON, S.C.: Union labor alive in Deep South; PITTSBURGH, Pa.: Labor Day – 40,000 say ‘Save city jobs’
Picnics kick off PWW/Mundo Fund Drive
St. Paul, Minn. – The hot dogs and hamburgers – both meat and veggie – were grilled to perfection, the beer and soda were icy cold, and the weather was beautiful. This year’s annual picnic to raise money for the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive was held here, Aug. 23.
Illegals dropped from papers lexicon
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Tucson Citizen newspaper is changing the terminology it uses to refer to undocumented migrants, according to editor Michael Chihak. The Citizen will stop using the words “illegal” and “illegals” as nouns.
