A visit with Fernando Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five
One of Cuban Five, Fernando Gonzalez, was recently visited at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana where he was transferred last year. Fernando is one of the Miami Five who is presently serving 19 years for conspiracy, false identity, and failure to disclose himself as a foreign agent following a flawed trial in Miami where the prejudicial climate militated against a fair hearing.
Ohio nurses fight for patient rights
Patients are dying because nurses are being mistreated and overworked,” stated Adrian Zurup, a registered nurse from Cleveland, as she kicked off a June 15 rally here by the National Nurse’s Organizing Committee.
Tidal wave of foreclosures rise with no end in sight
The tidal wave of home foreclosures is rising with no end in sight, witnesses told a Congressional field hearing here June 16, and the flood is devastating cities and rural areas throughout Ohio.
Open letter from Evo Morales regarding the European Union's 'Returns'
Until the end of the Second World War, Europe was a continent of emigrants. Tens of millions of Europeans left for the Americas in order to colonize, escape famine, financial crises, wars and European totalitarianism and the persecution of ethnic minorities.
Bush a terrorists best friend
“We are coming to the end of a terrible stage. The end of our struggle is near.” This last was a reference to former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s health problems. The speaker moved on to work at hand: “We ask God to sharpen our machetes.”
Lack of workers rights in U.S.
scored by international labor coalition
The International Trades Union Congress, which met June 9-11 in Geneva, assailed the lack of workers’ rights in the United States. The ITUC also called on the World Trade Organization to take up the issue at its biannual review of U.S. trade policy.
House finally passes bill
extending jobless benefits
The Democratic controlled House passed a bill June 12 extending unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 39 weeks in most states and to 52 weeks in states with official unemployment rates of 6 percent or more.
Most unions backing Obama
Unions that were either neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are rapidly endorsing Barack Obama.
Reality check needed
After the government announced June 6 that last month’s jump in the unemployment rate was the worst in more than 20 years, a few corporate mouthpieces admitted that the economy might have “stalled.”
