WTC steel to India
At least 30,000 tons of scrap from the World Trade Center wreckage has been exported to India.
U.S. may beef up security role in Afghanistan
In both word and deed, the Bush administration indicated this week that it is escalating its military role in Afghanistan amid signs that increased clashes among competing warlords and challenges by rival militias to the U.S-installed interim government could tip Afghanistan back into chaos.
U.S. expanding war to Philippines
Last week another contingent of the expected 660 U.S. soldiers arrived in the Philippines. Their arrival was greeted by an explosion that killed five Filipino civilians.
Du Bois conference views media
NEW YORK – Activists gathered at New York University (NYU) Law School Feb. 22-24 for a conference dedicated to applying the legacy of scholar W.E.B. Du Bois to contemporary struggles of racism, culture, the environment, media and the struggle to confront capitalism.
Enrons thievery hit India hard
HOUSTON – A detailed report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on brutality at Enron’s $3 billion Dabhol Power Company (DPC) project in India may be one reason President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney have claimed “executive privilege” in refusing to divulge the records of their Energy Policy Task Force.
Schomburg Library honors Burnham
NEW YORK – On Feb. 18, the auditorium was packed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem in tribute to Louis Burnham and the inauguration of the Louis E. Burnham Award.
Lincoln vets remember and look ahead
OAKLAND, Calif. – Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the America’s Watch, told a crowd of more than 400 Lincoln Brigade Veterans and others that the fight against terrorism demanded the closing of the School of the Americas (SOA), at Ft. Benning, Ga., as part of the people’s fight to combat terrorism.
St. Patricks concert for Sept. 11 victims
NEW YORK – Stephen Tharp, associate organist at St. Bartholomew’s Church, will perform a “September 11th Commemoration Concert” at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the six-month anniversary of the attacks, Monday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m.
Concert review:Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sings songs of peace
NEW YORK – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young entertained 40,000 enthusiastic fans with songs of peace and social consciousness for two nights last week at Madison Square Garden. It started with Graham Nash’s 1971 song calling for an end to “military madness.”
Reactor a health danger
NEW YORK – A Forum for Closing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant was held here Feb. 7. It included six panelists and an audience of over 100 concerned people. Indian Point Nuclear Reactor is located in Buchanan, N.Y., 25 miles from New York City, and accounts for 20 percent of all electricity supplied to New York State.
