National Clips
SAN FRANCISCO: Boycott Gallo wine; SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Stop spying on your mom; LANSING, Mich.: Social Security ‘Truth Truck’; ST. PAUL, Minn.: ‘Halt state gov’t shutdown’; MORGANTOWN, W.Va.: ‘War begins with Dubya’
Neighbors denounce anti-gay hate crime
NEW YORK — After a vicious anti-gay hate crime that left a young Brooklyn man, Dwan Prince, comatose and clinging to life, friends and community residents gathered for a June 28 vigil in front of Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville, the neighborhood where the event occurred.
CAFTA We dont hafta
It is urgent for voters to contact their congresspersons this week on the upcoming vote on CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, Jobs with Justice urged workers’ rights supporters in an e-mail message July 1.
Iraqi trade unionists speak in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — Over 100 Philadelphians gathered at a June 24 forum here hosted by this city’s Central Labor Council and UNITE-HERE Local 274 to welcome three Iraqi labor leaders. The visit was part of a 25-city, nationwide tour of Iraqi unionists organized by U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW).
Massive rally in Chicago for immigrant rights
CHICAGO — In the largest political protest here on any cause since the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of immigrant rights supporters demonstrated July 1 against the anti-immigrant “Minutemen” and in favor of the legalization of immigrants and the unification of immigrant families.
Communist convention pickets hotel
CHICAGO — More than 300 Communist Party USA members joined the picket line of UNITE HERE Local 1 at the Congress Hotel on July 2. The workers have been forced on strike for the past two years.
High court vacancy emergency for rights
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s July 1 resignation creates an emergency threat to all Americans, warned labor and civil rights groups last week. O’Connor’s resignation opens a vacancy on the court for the first time in 11 years and gives President Bush his first opportunity to name a justice to the court.
Reds come out fighting: Time to turn up heat vs. ultra-right, Communist meet says
CHICAGO — The Communist Party USA wound up its convention here in a fighting mood July 3, with the 450 participants vowing to pour their energies into blocking the ultra-right effort to take over the Supreme Court.
Statement by the Communist Party, USA on todays attacks in London
The Communist Party, USA condemns the series of bomb attacks today in London. We condemn all terrorist acts targeting civilians with violence, whether conducted by individuals, governments or groups. The number of casualties is as yet unknown, but the devastation and loss of human life of every race, religion and nationality is severe. Today’s attack should be treated as a criminal act and not as an excuse for further war, attacks on civil liberties and military aggression.
Communist convention pickets with hotel strikers
CHICAGO – More than 300 Communist Party USA members joined the picket line of UNITE HERE Local 1 at the Congress Hotel on July 2. The workers have been forced on strike for the last two years.
