Story of a massacre
Colombian troops attacked inside Ecuador on March 1, destroying a camp occupied by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Ecuadorian soldiers later found 23 bodies, including those of five Mexican young people visiting the site. The dead included FARC leader and negotiator Raul Reyes.
Worldnotes - March 15, 2008
Russia: Billionaires multiply Swaziland: Women workers on strike Brazil: Peasant women defy corporations China: Combating inflation Cuba: U.S. blockade goes online Iraq: Women abandoned Gaza: Worst crisis in 40 years India: Women vote in record numbers, Communists re-elected
Political earthquake in Illinois shakes GOP
CHICAGO — In a “political earthquake” whose aftershocks may be felt all the way to the November elections, Democrat Bill Foster defeated Republican Jim Oberweis in a special election to fill the vacant seat of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District.
500,000 GIs suffer from invisible wounds: End the war, fund health care, veterans groups say
As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war approaches, a rising tide of soldiers and veterans suffering psychological injuries is being adding to the nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers who have died in the war and the tens of thousands officially counted as physically wounded in action.
Spitzer resigns -- Time to move forward for a New York State peoples agenda
The resignation by Governor Eliot Spitzer this week in the face of scandal has caused much confusion and concern. Spitzer’s time in office was mixed, but his election represented the hopes of New Yorkers to put decades of Republican rule in Albany behind them. He implemented some important progressive initiatives (like closing the loophole that threatened affordable housing in the State) and made some tragic concessions (big cuts to public hospitals).
Union Condemns Latest Killing of Journalist in Baghdad
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the killing of Iraqi media executive, Qassem Abdul Hussein al-Eqabi, who was shot in Baghdad earlier today, and called on the government to improve the safety of media workers in Iraq.
We are against school closings
CHICAGO — Parents, community groups, teachers and students are fed up with Chicago Public Schools officials who voted to close, consolidate or restructure 18 schools here Feb. 27.
Labor propels Kucinich to big win
CLEVELAND — Labor and its progressive allies scored a major victory in the Democratic primary here March 4 when Congressman Dennis Kucinich beat back a heavily financed effort to take his seat.
Gov't sued for citizenship delays
The suit demands the court to order the Bush administration to speed up the naturalization process so all who apply and are eligible by March 26, 2008, can become citizens “in time to register for the November 2008 election.”
Workers drown in pink slip deluge
Only a week after releasing the most dismal consumer spending figures in eight years, the government said, March 7, that 63,000 workers lost their jobs in February — another sure sign that the economy is in full recession.
