28 million surviving on food stamps
CHICAGO — Human suffering, more than Wall Street indicators, tells us the world’s richest nation is plunging into its most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, while the Iraq war continues to drain the nation’s Treasury. As Congress heard the Bush administration’s top general and ambassador in Iraq argue for continuing to pour billions into an open-ended occupation there, news reports showed an all-time record of 28 million Americans now survive only because of food stamps.
Week of action unites students, workers
Imagine a world where everyone who chooses to can go to college. A world where workers on school campuses and in communities have a voice about their working conditions, where the fruits and vegetables that people eat are picked by workers who earn a living wage.
Record numbers of Americans rely on food stamps
CHICAGO — Human suffering, more than Wall Street indicators, tells us the world’s richest nation is plunging into its most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, while the Iraq war continues to drain the nation’s Treasury.
Blogging from India #8 — India's neighbors: South Asia update
Historic elections in this impoverished Hindu kingdom will take place April 15. The monarchy, which has ruled Nepal for more than 200 years, is expected to be abolished and a parliamentary form of democracy will take its place.
Decision time for Colombia: Labor rights or death
As the countdown begins for Congress to vote on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, debate is intensifying on both sides of the issue. On April 7 President Bush sent the agreement to Congress. Under fast track trade authority rules, Congress must vote on it within 90 days.
Causes Dr. King fought for are very much with us
WASHINGTON (PAI) — The causes the late Dr. Martin Luther King fought for, including racial justice, economic equality and ending a misguided war “are very much with us today,” says a labor historian and author of a new book putting the civil rights leader’s last days into a longer and wider perspective.
Tensions continue at Mexican copper mine
Tensions continue at a high level at Grupo Mexico’s largest copper mine in Cananea, in Mexico’s Sonora state.
Greece slashes worker pensions
ATHENS — The Greek government overturned long-standing retirement benefit provisions for working people in a vote last week that will have powerful ramifications for generations to come.
Legacy of the East L.A. school walkouts
Commemorations last month of the 40th anniversary of the East Los Angeles Chicana/Chicano Walkouts of March 1968 were a celebration of the process and progress of the civil and labor rights struggles of Mexican Americans.
Story of a plant that closed
Manufacturing isn’t dead; it’s changing. Small and large shops open and close for more reasons than just market forces. Large conglomerates make decisions based on beliefs and bias I can’t fathom.
