Get on the for justice bus
PITTSBURGH – Steel corporations are down, but steelworkers, clergy, elected officials and supporters are going to be rolling to the White House Feb. 28, demanding that President Bush act immediately on recommendations from the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose a 40 percent tariff on steel imports that would pay for a government takeover of retiree health-care costs.
House approves modest campaign finance bill
On Feb. 13 the House of Representatives passed the Shays-Meehan campaign finance bill by a vote of 240-189.
Bush visit sparks protests
MILWAUKEE – When George W. Bush came to Milwaukee to Feb. 11 headline a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Wisconsin’s acting governor, Scott McCallum, local activists greeted him with not one, but two ,raucous protest marches. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read the article on this subject from the Milwaukee Journal, click here.
Sept. 11 families say War, not in our names
NEW YORK – “We do not want the war in Afghanistan or other parts of the world, wherever it might spread, to be conducted in our names or in the names of our lost loved ones,” David Potorti told the press. For the entire article, click on the headline. Click on the following for Peaceful Tomorrows, the organization of families of 9/11 victims for peace, and A20 Stop the War, the coalition sponsoring the April 20 anti-war protests in the US.
With help from a friend, Enron fleeces South America
WASHINGTON – A couple of weeks ago, Argentina’s daily newspaper, La Nacion, was looking for an explanation of the country’s economic collapse, with $141 billion in unpayable foreign debt and five governments falling in the space of a week. They turned over a rock and found – you guessed it – Enron.
Parents to Supreme Court: Kids yes, vouchers no!
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio ruled that the Cleveland voucher plan violates the First Amendment. But supporters of the voucher scheme filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn that ruling. For the entire article, click on the headline. To view the complete ruling (as a Word document), click here, or visit the American Federation of Teachers site for their news article.
CAMP soups up fundraising
ST. LOUIS – The Community Arts and Media Project (CAMP) held a “Soup-Er Bowl Party” Jan. 27 to raise funds for a building it hopes to purchase here.
Does Nickelodeon really care for kids?
LOS ANGELES – During the holiday season parents searched for movies appropriate for their children, and Hollywood studios spent millions of dollars to capture that young audience.
International Notes
Japanese peace group asks for anti-nuke messages/Asylum seekers protest Australia’s anti-refugee policy/South Africans to act in support of Swaziland political prisoners/U.N. says war endangers world’s mountain ranges
CPs declare solidarity with Palestinian people
ATHENS – Meeting here last weekend, representatives of Communist and workers parties of the southern and eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf and Red Sea regions reiterated their solidarity with the Palestinian people.
