In Mexico, 3 million march for recount
MEXICO CITY — Amid widespread evidence of election fraud, public pressure continues to grow for Mexican authorities to recount the vote. Nearly 3 million people from every state of Mexico converged on Mexico City July 30 to call on authorities for a recount.
Detroit gears up for Labor Day
Friends of the People’s Weekly World are planning a major distribution of the paper at Detroit’s Labor Day parade, which routinely draws tens of thousands of people
Ohio labor charts new course
CINCINNATI — Delegates to the Ohio AFL-CIO convention here last week expressed optimism and a strong fighting spirit. For the first time in decades, they see a real opportunity to replace the state’s corrupt Republican officeholders with labor-friendly candidates.
The promise of stem cell research
Stem cells are relatively undifferentiated cells, that is, they have no specific tissue function. They are capable of self-renewal or of being stimulated to develop into specialized (differentiated) cells.
Weird fun
There’s pleasure on so many levels in Robert Altman’s “Prairie Home Companion,” it’s hard to know where to begin.
Anti-Flag delivers strong politics
I remember when Joe Strummer, the late punk rock icon and member of The Clash, participated in the Boston Marathon. Speaking of the grueling training required for it, he explained nonchalantly to one reporter: “I like the insanity of getting up early in the morning to train.”
THIS WEEK IN LABOR
IRS fires estate tax auditors Maximum rage on minimum wage JwJ urges: ‘Hang up on Verizon Wireless’ Healthy progress for 676
Workers charged for chairs, pencils
I landed my first job out of college at a financial institution. What I did not realize is that I was about to receive an education of a different kind.
WORLDNOTES
Mexico: Copper giant fires 2,000 workers Italy: Notables seek extradition of terrorist Mali: Poor People’s Summit demands debt relief Japan: 30,000 protest U.S. nuclear ship Philippines: Unions under siege
Mercosur promotes South American unity
Closing the 30th summit of Mercosur, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the new president of the 15-year-old South American trade association, observed, “Many still don’t realize that we have changed the political profile of our America, and we are changing the social profile.”
