Colonization or globalization?
Opinion In advanced capitalism, the uneven development of different enterprises leads to monopoly, as the stronger overpower the weaker.
Democracy in the USA and in Cuba
Opinion Presidential elections will be occurring just over seven months from now. The American people are constantly told what a great a democracy we have. In my 83 years, I have yet to witness truly democratic elections in the national arena.
The stakes are high
Opinion Come November, the stakes are extremely high for Mexican Americans, Mexicans, and South Americans. Several issues come readily to mind.
Border Patrol in the ER?
Hospital emergency room admitting clerks would become involuntary agents of the Department of Homeland Security under HR 3722, a bill being proposed by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif).
Bushs money laundry-ing
Six weeks after Cintas Corp. Chairman Richard T. Farmer co-hosted a $1.7 million fundraiser for George W. Bush in Cincinnati, Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed exempting industrial laundries like Cintas from rules that protect workers from handling poisonous materials.
Foundry worker speaks
Workers’ Correspondence Thank you for last week’s article captioned, “Twin Cities bus drivers fight to save health care.”
The Maestro of Fraud
Bob Woodward called his biography of Alan Greenspan “Maestro” because the Federal Reserve chief is “a conductor, exquisitely attuned to every instrument in the political and economic orchestra,” according to the amazon.com review.
International notes
Japan: Protest deployment of U.S. aircraft carrier / Greece: Workers risk lives for Olympics / Liberia: Disarmament will start again / Canada: Quebec okays same-sex marriage / Haiti: Protest anti-worker abuses / Brazil: Rainforest destruction levels off
Hearings to probe impact of weapons lab
LIVERMORE, Calif. – While it’s been known for some time that the U.S. government is developing new, earth-penetrating nuclear bombs and “mini-nukes,” a new draft environmental impact statement by the nation’s primary nuclear weapons design laboratory suggests the Bush administration’s weapons program may be bigger than imagined.
Event to salute legacy of Hershel Walker
ST. LOUIS – The 12th annual Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Awards Breakfast is slated to take place on Saturday, April 24, at the Postal Workers Union Hall, 1717 S. Broadway Blvd.
