Bushs ownership society: No taxes for owners, only workers
“When you hear them say, tax the rich, be careful,” warned George W. Bush in a speech Sept. 16. “The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason, because they don’t want to pay. And you get stuck with the tab. But we’re not going to let him stick you with the tab.”
International notes
Okinawa: Demonstrators protest copter crash / Cambodia: Raffles hotel workers win / N. Ireland: All-party talks resume / Cuba: UN praises hurricane safety measures / Canada: Steelworkers’ long strike continues
National Clips
WASHINGTON: Bush threatens veto of overtime protection / CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa: 5 women defy Bush protest zone / BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Ivan kills 7 in Alabama / LAS VEGAS, Nev.: Muslim businessmen fight racial profiling
Northern California: Peace leader to be honored at banquet
Honored at the Northern California Friends of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo “Beat-Back-Bush” banquet Friday, Oct. 8, will be Fernando Suarez del Solar, a founding member of Military Families Speak Out whose son died in Iraq.
Election boards swamped with new voter sign-ups
Groups demand speedy action to protect vote The broad-based coalition seeking to defeat George W. Bush has registered millions of new voters and the flood continues, swamping state election boards even as deadlines near for signing people up.
Texas judicial candidate cites right-wing danger
HOUSTON — Unlike many candidates, David Van Os, a Democrat running for the Texas Supreme Court, doesn’t hesitate to bluntly criticize the right wing. He spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of about 150 at a rally Aug. 26 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
Edward Teixeira, CPUSA activist, dies at 72
Edward Silva Teixeira, a longtime activist and leader of the Communist Party USA in New England, died in Boston on Aug. 24. He was 72.
Beat Bush!
*********** Beat Bush! 3 facts on rising health care costs under Bush
Celebrate Joyful November in September
NEW YORK — Joyful November is throwing a benefit bash to raise funds for Downtown For Democracy and to recruit volunteers for various activist groups working on voter turnout and registration during the final crucial month leading up to Election Day 2004.
Mike Leigh film wins Venice Film Festival
Review VENICE, Italy — “Vera Drake,” Mike Leigh’s tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for best picture Sept. 11.
