Protect America from corporate, Bush spies
The so-called Protect America Act will expire Feb. 15 if it is not renewed. The Senate is about to vote on a deeply flawed version passed in the summer as a temporary fix for what the Bush administration claimed were problems with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
War on two fronts: racism at home, Nazis overseas
PITTSBURGH — In 1940, Mitchell Higginbotham heard that President Franklin Roosevelt had ordered the Army Air Corps to create a unit of all African American pilots and support personnel. Defying made-in-the-USA Jim Crow segregation, where not only schools and water fountains were “whites only,” but African Americans were also relegated to support roles in the military, Higginbotham and 1,000 other young Black men signed up to fly, fight in the air and fix and maintain fighter planes and bombers. They caught a train to Tuskegee, Ala., to start their training. The Tuskegee Airmen were born. Among them were 71 from Western Pennsylvania.
Robeson exhibit spotlights links to Motor City
DETROIT — An exhibition celebrating the life of Paul Robeson opened here Jan. 19, at Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery. You can catch it there until April 12.
Remembering Eslanda Goode Robeson
Much has been written about the great actor, scholar, artist and activist Paul Robeson. Yet his partner and wife, Eslanda Goode Robeson, is not as widely known today although she was a well-known fighter for civil rights and an author. Here is a brief biography of Goode Robeson.
Seeking justice after Suharto
Indonesia’s former dictator General Suharto died in bed last month and not in jail, escaping justice for his numerous crimes in Indonesia and East Timor, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) charged.
Bush budget proposal: Feed the Pentagon, starve the people
President Bush proposed a record $3.1 trillion budget Feb. 4 that hands a whopping $515 billion to the military and slashes health care for seniors and other human needs programs.
World notes: Feb. 9, 2008
Guatemala: Labor mobilizes for democratic rights Afghanistan: Germans, Canadians question war England: Rich chisel on taxes Malawi: Strike for survival Burma: Democracy leader speaks out Cuba: Internet access to expand
Amazing race
In the wake of the day dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday,” some things seem clear.
Truth squad slams McCain
A truth squad descended on John McCain’s campaign headquarters in Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 3, holding signs that read, “Thanks for the Iraq recession” and “McCainonomics: More war, less jobs.”
