ACLU hits Bush, Ashcroft on civil liberties
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned Nov. 28 that the Bush administration has unleashed a “breathtakingly broad” assault on civil liberties in the past 10 weeks, violating a wide range of “due process” legal rights protected by the Constitution and jailing more than 1,200 people in the most massive preventive detention program since the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Pratt workers on strike to save jobs
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – More than 5,000 Machinists Union members working at the Pratt and Whitney division of United Technologies Corporation, the largest manufacturer in Connecticut, voted by an overwhelming 84 percent Dec. 2 to reject the company’s final offer and go on strike.
Lawsuit demands info release
WASHINGTON – Citing the government’s continuing refusal to adequately respond to previous inquiries, a group of civil liberties, civil rights and human rights organizations filed Dec. 5 the first lawsuit requesting the disclosure of basic information about those individuals arrested and detained since Sept. 11.
AFL-CIO calls for adding a million members
LAS VEGAS – Just as these are no ordinary times, the AFL-CIO’s 24th Convention, held here Dec. 3-6, was no ordinary convention.
Steelworkers in life and death struggle
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Thousands of steelworkers poured into the street in front of the Federal Court House here Dec. 4.
Dial up and plunk down
As of Dec. 3, the People’s Weekly World web site (www.pww.org) is able to accept donations paid by credit card.
New violence wrecks Mideast peace hope - Bush backs Israeli military strikes
You can’t fight terrorism with the military,” Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, from Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, told the World Dec. 4. “Israel has tried to do that for 53 years. It’s an example of what not to do.”
10,000 march to close School of the Americas
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Despite apprehensions that they would be labeled “terrorists,” at least 10,000 people from across the country gathered at Ft. Benning to protest the School of the Americas (SOA).
Mainers take war protest to Bush familys door
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – On Nov. 17, about 350 Maine residents joined in a “day of solidarity with the people of the world.”
Put America back to work
Our country is facing a two-pronged crisis: a crumbling infrastructure and meltdown of our steel industry and sharp decline in all sections of manufacturing.
