The night Max Roach conquered Havana
When U.S. jazz great Max Roach came to the Havana International Jazz Plaza Festival in 1989, he spoke to Cuban writer Leonardo Acosta about his first trip to Cuba in the mid-1950s. Sadly, Roach wasn’t allowed to enter the Tropicana Cabaret in pre-revolutionary Cuba because of the color of his skin.
Roche puts profits first
Early in June, Roche Pharmaceuticals announced a global recall of nelfinavir (marketed as Viracept) after discovering batches were contaminated with a carcinogen at its Swiss manufacturing plant in March.
NATIONAL CLIPS: August 25
CHARLESTON, W.Va.: War costs could pay for kids’ health care JENA, La.: Hundreds demand justice for Jena 6 students KALAMAZOO, Mich.: Town hall meets ‘take a stand’ vs. war MEMPHIS, Tenn.: Heat kills 13 in state, more throughout South
PWW on MySpace: Take that, Rupert Murdoch!
MySpace, the popular social networking site, has 70 million users. The People’s Weekly World has joined a range of progressive organizations and individuals who are using the site to advance a pro-people agenda.
Moe Fishman never gave up
Moe Fishman sat on a folding chair along Broadway surrounded by other Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB) in New York City the morning of April 29, 2006. The Lincoln vets held a banner greeting the tens of thousands of anti-Iraq war protesters who marched past. When contingents caught sight of the VALB banner, they would break into cheers for the famed “premature anti-fascists.”
EDITORIAL: Rebuilding the infrastructure together!
It is hard to understand why, in the world’s richest country, it has taken the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nearly three years since Hurricane Ivan hit to clean up one creek in the Pittsburgh area, where the delay nearly destroyed an entire town. Local volunteers, working by hand, could have cleaned up the creek in that time. Or is that the point?
EDITORIAL: Rat leaving a sinking ship?
Karl Rove claims he’s resigning to spend more time with his family. Others note that he has been a central figure in investigations swirling around the Bush administration, including scrutiny of the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, illegal spying on Americans and the firing of U.S. attorneys.
This Week In Labor: August 18
Hog boss fires pro-union worker National demonstration for Smithfield workers Toyota workers pushing for union Trumpet maker hits sour note NLRB backs union-busters
Microscopic lynching: AIDS and the Black community
It is no secret that African Americans live shorter lives, fall ill earlier in life, have sicker children and are more susceptible to both chronic and acute diseases than others in our country. In fact, we as a society have to come to expect a greater burden of disease among Black Americans than among people of other races.
