Hispanic Caucus stands up to right-wing on immigration
Less than a year since the Bush administration’s flawed “comprehensive” immigration bill failed in the Senate and with just six months until the November elections, pressure on the House by both pro and anti-immigrant groups is growing.
Movie Review: Under the Same Moon
This new Mexican film, “Under the Same Moon” is a very timely and present movie. It is going on right now. It shows how the immigration laws affect those whose families are split between the U.S. and Mexico. Their families are just as important as ours.
Workers Memorial Day and May Day: Putting back the history that was stripped from the books
PHILADELPHIA – At the annual Workers Memorial Day Breakfast here on the morning of April 29th 300 assembled trade unionists honored the over 160 men and women who died on the job during the past year in the tri-state area, which includes Delaware and South Jersey.
Foreclosure reforms that guarantee more foreclosures
Both the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns responded in unity, thankfully, to John McCain’s speech recently on economic policy. McCain’s economic policy can be easily summarized: “More time for more of the same, just like in Iraq”: Continuation, even expansion, of the huge Bush tax breaks for corporations and Wall Street with no relief for the working class.
Kucinich joins AFL-CIO election training effort
CLEVELAND - Warning of grave danger to the rights and living standards of working people, Congressman Dennis Kucinich urged a meeting of 100 union activists here to go all out to defeat Sen. John McCain, the Republican candidate for President in next November’s election.
Chicago protest condemns lies about China
CHICAGO -- About 500 residents and students, mainly from Chicago’s Chinese American community protested April 24 in Federal Plaza against what they call “lies and distortions” being broadcast by CNN in its coverage of Chinese government action against protests in Tibet. Chinese communities have held similar protests across the US and internationally in the last few days.
Unions say workplaces more dangerous under Bush
CROCKETT, Calif. — How much is a human life worth? If that life was claimed by one of the nearly 6,000 U.S. workplace fatalities in 2006, the answer is just $10,133.
What will we eat when the soil is gone?
More than one environmental crisis threatens our planet. While most of our collective attention is focused on global warming and climate change, the topsoil which sustains life is quickly eroding.
A Southern battleground for Communists and other heroes
Professor Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore’s book, “Defying Dixie, The Radical Roots of Civil Rights 1919-1950,” creates full-color mosaic portraits of the great men and women who took on the horrific task of fighting for civil rights at a time and place when fearsome lynchings and race riots were common occurrences.
Girls Rock around the clockfor equality!
BALTIMORE – “Its an eye-opener.” That’s how my 17 year old grand- daughter, Erin, reacted after viewing “Girls Rock,” a recently released documentary film by Shane King and Arne Johnson about the Rock & Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon.
