LGBT-inclusive hate crimes bill passed by House
Civil rights organizations hailed the passage of a new bipartisan hate crime bill in the House last week.
Freedom weekend unites NAACP and labor
DETROIT — “The NAACP and labor have a marriage: health care, jobs, economic security. We cannot let this go,” said the Rev. Wendell Anthony, head of the Detroit branch of the NAACP, at a recent labor summit here.
People vs. Profits II wins book award
NEW YORK — “People vs. Profits, Volume II: The United States and the World,” a collection of columns by Communist economist Victor Perlo (1912-1999), won a Notable Mention in the reference category of the 2007 Eric Hoffer Awards for short prose and independent books.
A sampling of other May Day marches and rallies
Los Angeles, Northern California, Phoenix, Detroit, New Haven
3 words in rap, no more
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said recently the recording and broadcast industries should ban three racial and sexist epithets from all clean versions of rap songs and the airwaves
The IRAs roots and a parable about war
It’s a good thing that the feel and backdrop of Ken Loach’s “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” (written by Paul Laverty) makes 1920 Ireland look like an Irish Shangri La.
Quote of the week
I stand here just as proud, just as united and just as determined as the workers that stood up in this great city over 100 years ago. Keep on fighting for workers at Comcast and keep on fighting for all workers of the world.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR
Steelworkers urge Drummond probe Laundry workers determined to outfox the Fox Share of U.S. income going to workers’ pay hits record low ‘Homeland Security’ rules offer no security
