Public education vs. the privatizers
To save and improve equal, quality public education, it is imperative to take on the corporate/far right/fundamentalist coalition of privatizers.
New fighting spirit needed
The 1930s struggle to pass this nation’s first federal legislation to protect workers’ right to unionize has important lessons for today’s battles to regain that right, says history professor Nelson Lichtenstein of the University of California Santa Barbara.
THIS WEEK IN LABOR
Clean energy = good jobs Safety ruling due Union rights for TSA? ‘Slave labor’ in Colorado fields U.S. forces raid Iraq union offices
Peanut butter and spinach
The peanut butter and spinach are only the tip of the iceberg. The amount of tainted food on the shelves of the nation’s grocery stores is rising as the agency that issues the recalls slashes the number of food inspections.
WORLD NOTES
Great Britain: Union can dump racist UN: Unions crucial for women Costa Rica: Marchers oppose ‘free trade’ Mali: World gathering on food sovereignty Korea: Talks face challenges
Communist editor in danger after speaking out
Carlos Lozano’s life is in danger, thanks to the repressive government of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe. Last month Uribe designated Lozano, director of the Colombian Communist Party’s weekly newspaper, Voz, as a “military objective,” identifying him as “an accomplice of the FARC” and a “guerilla spokesperson.”
Italian left unites to bar Berlusconi return
As the Bush administration, the Vatican and the business community attempt to shift the Italian center-left government towards the center, the left is thinking in new ways to counter that shift.
International Womens Day has come a long way, yet liberation is still elusive
International Women’s Day has come a long way since its inception in 1908. Governments recognize it. Numerous groups, unions and international bodies continue its mission.
Celebrating Black history in Connecticut
Proclaiming the theme, “We Will Not Be Silent,” the 33rd annual African American History Month celebrations of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo in Connecticut stirred inspiration and activism last weekend.
WHATS REALLY GOOD
Rage and Wu are back! Children of Bush’s home state still suffer Students halt military recruitment on campus U.S. Filipino youth and students build unity
