Rally at Capitol: Jobs & income now
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of steelworkers, hotel and restaurant employees and others who have lost their jobs in the deepening recession gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds Dec. 12.
10,000 march to close School of the Americas
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Despite apprehensions that they would be labeled “terrorists,” at least 10,000 people from across the country gathered at Ft. Benning to protest the School of the Americas (SOA).
Mainers take war protest to Bush familys door
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – On Nov. 17, about 350 Maine residents joined in a “day of solidarity with the people of the world.”
Put America back to work
Our country is facing a two-pronged crisis: a crumbling infrastructure and meltdown of our steel industry and sharp decline in all sections of manufacturing.
Day of Action concert supports union 9/11 funds
NEW YORK CITY – Manhattan’s Winston Unity Auditorium was the site of a concert as part of a worldwide union Day of Action Nov. 9.
As Marines dig in, our troubles get deeper
I will not join in unity, national or otherwise, with those who are waging this war and the financial elite who stand behind them.
Bombing peasants doesnt stop terrorism
The bombing campaign against the people of Afghanistan will be described in history as the “U.S. Against the Third World.” The launching of military strikes against peasants does nothing to suppress terrorism, and only erodes American credibility in Muslim nations around the world.
Labor wins big in union-busting South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Gathered in the union hall and parking lot on East Bay Street, the dockworkers of International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422, mostly African American men, celebrated their hard-fought victory in the case of the Charleston Five.
Students protest against school privatization
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Some 1,000 Philadelphia public school students led a demonstration here Nov. 20 against privatization and for full school funding.
Rifle shot causes stir at airport
DALLAS – A passenger accidentally fired a hunting rifle at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on Nov. 23 but no one was hurt, an airport spokeswoman said.
