Wake of the Wind a fantastic read
Go to the bookstore or library, get a copy of “The Wake of the Wind” by J. California Cooper, read it immediately and then pass it on. Tell the members of your community organization, church, school or union to read it too. Do it now. Don’t wait another moment.
Greek shipyard workers host art exhibit
ATHENS, Greece — In the summer of 2005, a group of 18 Greek artists, challenging the pervasive commercialization of art and the degradation of cultural values in today’s society, set out to ground their artwork in the daily reality and struggles of the working class.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Sept. 1
Workers ‘very happy’ on their jobs?! The payback can be sweet Grocery workers win back wages Indianapolis school workers win their union Union leader arrested for talking
WORLD NOTES: Sept. 1
Canada: Quebec opposes war in Afghanistan Mauritania: Slavery now a punishable crime Israel: Refugees from Sudan turned back Bolivia: Constituent Assembly is halted, big struggle looms India: Communists put brakes on U.S. nuclear deal
As Greek government dithers, wildfires rage
ATHENS, Greece — Extensive forest fires continued to rage for the fifth day throughout Greece, Aug. 28, spreading death and destruction to thousands of families and their homes. Many Greek residents have been forced to put the fires out on their own — with garden hoses, blankets and tree branches — as the conservative New Democracy government failed to take timely and comprehensive measures to combat the fire
World figures attend Cuban 5 hearing
An international gathering of 75 jurists, attorneys and supporters was on hand in Atlanta Aug. 20 for the latest appeals hearing on behalf of Gerardo Hernández, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González.
Community rallies around N.Y. civil rights lawyer
NEW YORK — Two months after civil rights lawyer Michael Tarif Warren and Evelyn Warren, his wife, were beaten and then arrested for speaking up during a police brutality incident in Brooklyn, a diverse crowd of community members continues to speak out in support of the Warrens and the equality agenda they represent.
Clean up that truck pollution, coalition urges
OAKLAND, Calif. — Environmental, labor, faith and community groups are stepping up efforts to make sure the air quality improvement plan now being drafted by the Port of Oakland does enough to clean up pollution from trucks operating there. Truck diesel pollution is five times higher in West Oakland, near the port, than in other parts of the county, and one in five youngsters has asthma.
Wiretapping fight: its not over
Civil libertarians are demanding that Congress use its September session to undo damage it did to Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.
A Call to Action in Defense of Immigrant Workers Rights
The August 10 declaration by the Bush administration of a more repressive immigration policy, if put into effect, will create fascist-like conditions for 12 million undocumented workers and their families.
