September jobless rate at 5.6 percent
Reprint The nation’s jobless rate was 5.6 percent in September, the Labor Department said, dropping 0.1 percent.
Civil disobedience supports Yale workers
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Eight hundred people filed out of the Center Church here, and lined up on College Street at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 26. Facing them on the sidewalk were 2,000 supporters. Downtown traffic came to a halt.
Crowd hails McDermott anti-war stand
SEATTLE – A standing-room-only audience gave Rep. Jim McDermott many hearty rounds of applause as he called for putting “a million people in the street” to stop a U.S. attack on Iraq. “We’re here because we’re engaged in a national debate about life and death,” McDermott (D-Wash.) told the crowd who came to the Jefferson Park Community Center here Oct. 6 to hear his report on his recent visit to Iraq.
NOW president speaks on elections, peace
NEW YORK – Kim Gandy, National Organization for Women (NOW) president, spoke here Oct. 3, at New York University, before a standing-room-only crowd of about 200 people. Her speech, on the importance of feminism in today’s world, covered the topics of women’s rights, peace and the importance of the upcoming elections.
N. M. priests stand up to war on Iraq
In a front page article in the Oct. 5 Albuquerque Journal, Paul Logan describes how all the Catholic leaders of New Mexico have taken a stand against a war with Iraq. “The bishops of the state are gravely concerned about the threats of war with Iraq,” said Archbishop Michael Sheehan. The elected officials of this state have been inundated by requests to take a stand against the war with Iraq.
Street heat for peace & justice
NEW YORK – Twenty thousand people converged in Central Park Oct. 6 to proclaim in one voice, “No War!” The “Day of Resistance” brought together many different social and political organizations, including community, labor, student and religious groups. Most speakers focused on the Bush administration’s war drive on Iraq.
Lifelong activist celebrates 90
In honor of Russell Brodine’s 90th birthday, friends, family and admirers gathered at his home in Roslyn, Wash., and collected $700 for the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive.
World reporter goes back to Israel and Palestine
Special coverage of the Israel-Palestinian conflict will continue next week with on-the-scene reports from Judith Le Blanc. While attending the Communist Party of Israel’s Congress, Oct. 10-12, she will be tracking the crisis in the region in light of the Bush administration’s drive to go to war with Iraq.
New England janitors on strike
BOSTON – Hundreds of janitors and their supporters paraded through the streets of this city, Sept. 30, clad in purple t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Stand up for the American Dream” after leaving their picket lines on the first day of their strike.
Travelers journal: Education, health care and culture in Cuba
July 26 marked the 49th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. On this, our first trip to Cuba, my sister and I celebrated this holiday by visiting Lugano to meet the parents of one of our hosts.
