LETTERS: November 17
Celebrating revolution Truth about CAFTA Rates were spelled out Texas sets records Deaths in prisons Thanksgiving week — No PWW
Entitlement cuts are back
When you hear the term “entitlement programs,” watch out. When you hear the word “bipartisan” attached to that term, doubly watch out.
Students rally for affordable birth control
NEW YORK — Dozens of New York University students, elected officials and other advocates rallied in Washington Square Park, Nov. 12, to call for restoring affordable birth control at college health centers and at family planning centers that serve low-income women.
Striking stagehands shut down Broadway
NEW YORK — On Saturday, Nov. 10, this city’s “Great White Way” dimmed a bit as the lights of most Broadway theaters went dark. The theater district’s stagehands, members of Local 1 of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), walked off the job and went on strike against the League of American Theatres and Producers.
WORLD NOTES: November 17
Dominican Republic: UN report condemns racial oppression Syria: Dilemma on subsidies mounts Kenya: Trade conflict looms New Zealand: Zealous police jail activists Canada: Most forest workers back on job
Call to Free the Five resounds in Toronto
TORONTO, Canada — Over 200 friends of Cuba from throughout North America gathered in here, Nov. 9-11, to hear legal updates, retool strategies and rededicate themselves to the liberation of five Cuban men jailed in the United States.
NATIONAL CLIPS: November 17
LONG BEACH, Calif.: Antiwar vets barred from parade OLYMPIA, Wash.: Peace activists arrested for blocking military gear PALO ALTO, Calif.: Stanford students say no to Rumsfeld LEWISTON, Maine: Somali American runner charges foul play
Pakistans struggle for democracy intensifies
As Pakistan enters its second week under martial law, political parties, unionists, lawyers, journalists and other “civil society” components are coalescing to challenge Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s emergency rule and widespread repression of democratic rights.
Ohio town hall meeting: Fix the health care system
ASHTABULA, Ohio — Health Care for All was the topic at the Ashtabula Town Hall meeting Nov. 10 at People’s Missionary Baptist Church.
