Canadas Parliament gives thumbs up to same-sex marriages
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After a two-year-long heated debate, Canadian Parliamentarians approved Bill C-38 on June 28 allowing same-sex couples to marry. The legislation is now before the Senate, where it is in the final stages of being approved before it becomes law. The decisive vote could take place next week.
Hand of solidarity
The following is an e-mail letter received by People’s Weekly World editor Terrie Albano from London-based Morning Star editor John Haylett. The Morning Star is the only English-language socialist daily newspaper published in the world. For ongoing coverage of London’s reaction to the July 7 attacks go to: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Letter from Peace Action: No more Hiroshimas abolish nuclear weapons
August 6 and 9, 2005 mark the 60th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hirshima and Nagasaki by the United States.
The soul of the anti-abortion stance
The retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has electrified the religiously based anti-abortion movement, which hopes to get President Bush to name a replacement who shares its views. In the coming debate, you will hear the argument that science says “life begins at conception,” and that therefore abortion of even the tiniest fertilized ovum, or blastocyst, is murder.
Live 8 concerts demand Change, not charity
More than 1 million fans jammed into 10 venues across four continents for the Live 8, 24-hour concert extravaganza July 2 weekend. Two billion television viewers were estimated to have tuned in worldwide.
Editorial: Media chill
A chill is spreading through the media and a cold shadow is falling over the right of the people to know.
Continuity and change in Caribbean immigration
NEW YORK — On June 27 the House of Representatives passed a bill introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) to designate a national “Caribbean American Heritage Month.”
World Notes
Africa: Unions demand action vs. AIDS; Iraq: Committee for a Democratic Constitution launched; Japan: Mayors protest U.S. buildup near Hiroshima; Guatemala: Union office raided; Australia: Protest vs. gov’t labor proposals
In Berlin, a weird vote and an old specter
BERLIN — Weird was the best way to describe German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s tactic: to urge his parliament to vote “no confidence” in his own government. He succeeded. Now, if President Horst Koehler goes along, Schroeder will get what he sought — new elections in September, a year earlier than required.
