Jobs mission accomplished?
As soon as President Bush heard the latest employment report, he headed out to Andrews Air Force Base, stopping only to pick up his flight suit at the dry cleaner’s.
U.S. to reopen Till case
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department said May 10 it is reopening the investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager whose murder while visiting Mississippi was an early catalyst for the civil rights movement.
Take action! Support Mejia objector to the Iraq War
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia had served three years in the Army and almost five in Florida’s National Guard when he was deployed to Iraq in April 2003. He saw the brutalizing effects the war had on his fellow soldiers.
Singer Natalie Merchant on side of peace, labor
Music Review Natalie Merchant fans well understand her intense commitment to peace and social justice.
Uncovering the truth about Reds and unions
Book Review Left Out: Reds and America’s Industrial Unions By Judith Stepan-Norris and Maurice Zeitlin Cambridge University Press, 2002, Softcover, 392 pp., $27
Rethinking World War II
Opinion When World War II ended, most Americans realized the enormous contribution that the Soviet Union had made to the victory over fascism.
Students, parents and teachers: March vs. education cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Fifty students, parents and teachers spent their spring break marching from San Pablo to Sacramento in a “March 4 Education” to dramatize the financial plight of the West Contra Costa County School District.
International notes
Colombia: Coke unionist’s family killed / Cyprus: AKEL urges dialogue / Sudan: Urgent appeal to feed refugees / China: Rural workers to receive training / Haiti: Factory workers win victory
Charges dropped vs. Oakland protesters
OAKLAND, Calif. – In a victory for the right of peaceful protest, the district attorney’s office said April 22 it is dropping charges against 24 demonstrators and a longshoreman arrested by Oakland police during antiwar protests last April at the Port of Oakland.
Ohioans demand jobs, quality schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio – School board members and superintendents, public officials, and 1,400 building trades workers demonstrated in front of the Ohio School Facilities Commission here, April 22.
