Its hurricane season for workers
In our states and cities, we are caught between a drenching rain and a freezing wind. We are getting soaked by the layoffs, lower wages and vanished pensions brought on by the recession and the burst bubble of corporate corruption. And as our need for help increases, we are frozen out by the chill wind of state budgets: Medicaid and libraries, schools and parks, child care and public transit are cut. Tuition at state universities is being hiked, along with taxes paid by working people.
Homecare workers win recognition
Commentary The PWW/Mundo is publishing an ongoing series about organizing the unorganized and welcome submissions, which can be sent to pww@pww.org
Commemorating the life of Victor Jara
Review Victor – An Unfinished Song, by Joan Jara
Stop Bushs Blitzkrieg towards Iraq war
News Analysis In his United Nations speech on Sept. 12, President Bush replaced Osama bin Laden with Saddam Hussein as the nation’s primary enemy and set the stage to win world support for U.S. intervention in Iraq. But his speech was also about removing exposure of corporate crimes against working people and the economy and about the failed campaign to defeat Al Qaeda from the front pages – all, as Senator Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) said, “curiously timed to coincide with the fall re-election campaign.”
The 2002 elections: Dump Bush, not bombs
News Analysis The stakes in the 2002 elections couldn’t be higher – nor the outcome less certain, with 47 seats in the House and nine in the Senate seen as “toss-ups.” But we’ve learned one thing: Beware the racist politics of division and “wolves in sheep’s clothing” as Nov. 5 approaches.
Attorney General Ashcroft a foe of womens rights
The following are excerpts from the statement of National Organization for Women (NOW) President Kim Gandy at the Sept. 13 “March to Justice” Rally at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Visiting a hero
It was the last full weekend in August. Finally, we heard that four members of our family were granted visitor status at the Federal Correctional Institute McKean in Bradford, Pa.
Across the nation
South Dakota: Herseth takes lead in House race / Maine: UAW member campaigns at grassroots forum / Massachusetts: Latinos making history / Iowa: Jeffords campaigns for Harkin / Arizona: No War with Iraq / Tripping over the kids to answer the phone?
No strike at Boeing
In a campaign marked by company intimidation, government pressure, economic crisis and considerable confusion, Boeing Machinists voted down the “best and final” contract offer from the Boeing Company, but were unable to muster the two-thirds majority required to authorize a strike.
