Mass strike halts French rail network
France’s train traffic ground to a halt Nov. 13 as transport workers launched open-ended strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s regressive “reform program.”
Off-year election results show unionists energized for 2008
WASHINGTON (PAI) -- Off-year election results in state and municipal races on Nov. 6 show union voters are already energized for 2008, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says. And they also show unionists and the country want “a clear rejection of Bush administration policies,” adds federation Political Director Karen Ackerman.
Kentuckians vote against bigotry
OWENSBORO, Ky. - It may be autumn across Kentucky but it feels like spring with the election of Steve Beshear as governor and Daniel Mongiardo as lt.
Cheney protested on his home turf
Vice President Dick Cheney returned to the Dallas area on Nov. 2. When he was CEO of Halliburton, he lived in the super-rich enclave of Highland Park. As anticipated and dreaded by North Texas activists, Cheney came to promote war with Iran.
Houston city workers: We want respect! Put it in the check!
HOUSTON — About 500 members and supporters of the Houston Organization of Public Employees (HOPE) marched from Tranquility Park in downtown Houston to City Hall on Nov. 1, demanding fair wages for city workers.
PWW forum underscores role of peoples media
ST. LOUIS — A standing room only crowd of trade unionists and community leaders attended the Fourth Annual Missouri/Kansas Friends of the People’s Weekly World “Working Class Media and Democracy” forum, held here Oct. 27. David Bacon, an Oakland-based photojournalist and author of “The Children of NAFTA” and “Communities Without Borders,” keynoted the event.
Steve Earle packs a musical wallop
Steve Earle’s CD, “Washington Square Serenade” (New West CD), is an ode to New York City and its residents. His song “Tennessee Blues” is his farewell to music city, Nashville, Tenn., and his hello to NYC.
Can you believe it?
Movies are all fake, as we know. For example, I don’t think actor Omar Metwally, who plays Anwar El-Ibrihimi in “Rendition,” is an Egyptian, let alone a green-carded Egyptian scientist living in the states. Didn’t he play a Palestinian in “Munich”?
Antiwar movies tell all at Toronto film fest
Many of the films screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival reflected the realities of death and destruction caused by wars around the globe.
Letter sheds light on ouster of Haitian leader
A newly released letter from ousted Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune sheds more light on the U.S.-backed coup against the former center-left government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It reveals, among other things, that U.S. officials threatened Neptune with death or imprisonment if he did not leave the country.
