Faces of Iraq
A photo exhibit unveiling the hidden faces of Iraq Special Washington, D.C. preview at The Warehouse Theater, 1021 7th Street NW (between L St. & New York Ave., a few blocks from Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop)
More than a mere scandal
Book Review Fat Cats and Running Dogs – The Enron Stage of Capitalism, by Vijay Prashad, Common Courage Press, 2003; paperback, 144 pp., $16.95
Happy 100th, Harriet
PHILADELPHIA – Friends and comrades from Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware gathered to celebrate Harriet Fahey’s 100th birthday, Dec. 29, at Fahey’s nursing home residence.
Wheres the good sci fi?
Movie Reviews My movie buddy and I saw Solaris when it opened. There was no new “Firefly” on the tube that night, so we watched a tape of Star Trek. Since present-time fiction tends to describe the way storytellers see the world today and sci-fi gives them a chance to describe the future, there are reasons to wish that more of today’s artists had a bright, progressive view.
Toronto International Film Festival 2002 Part 5
Progressive Cinema Although the all-encompassing Toronto International Film Festival, with 265 feature films, has its share of Hollywood blockbusters and a seemingly endless array of celebrities, it’s the stunning collection of socially conscious films that attracts most progressive viewers.
A New Years resolution
As 2002 ended, so did the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive. We’re still totaling up the amounts as the last of the money comes into the office. But we can already see that this year our readers re-committed themselves to supporting this paper in a new way.
Dotterman for Boston City Council
Worker’s Correspondence It is less than a week until the Special Election for the Boston City Council seat for Allston/Brighton is held.
NYs Working Families Party: Vote your values, vote row H
NEW YORK – New York State’s Working Families Party (WFP) is one of the most active grassroots political parties in the state. Its members are also perhaps the most vigorous campaigners for the candidacy of H. Carl McCall, the first African American nominated for governor by a major party in the state’s history.
Another reason to vote
A recent study by the Center for Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) says more than 370,000 people ran out of their temporary federal unemployment benefits in September, raising the total number of unemployed workers who have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits, including the federally-funded extension enacted last March, to at least 1.5 million – a number that will continue to grow as the “recovery” falters and Congress refuses to act.
Blagojevich hits GOPs Ryan for frame-ups
A huge uproar has erupted over clemency hearings requested by 142 people on Illinois’ Death Row. The hearings were requested because people facing execution are entitled to file clemency requests, because prosecutors asked for public hearings and because of concerns that outgoing Governor George Ryan has qualms about the death penalty that his successor may not share.
