Calif. labor mobilizes for Nov. 8 special election
Union and community campaigners gathered at sites around California Sept. 10 to launch their drive to defeat a series of anti-people propositions placed on the Nov. 8 special election ballot by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his corporate allies.
Angelenos get ready for peace actions
LOS ANGELES — Peace activists here have accelerated their mobilization for national rallies and lobbying for peace on Sept. 24-26.
Roberts: the far rights legal gun-for-hire
If John Roberts is confirmed as chief justice of the Supreme Court, replacing William Rehnquist, he has a chance at heading the court for the rest of most baby boomers’ lives and much of Generation Xers’ as well.
Bush cuts wages in hurricane disaster area
No one can say the Bush administration doesn’t have clear priorities. While the job of picking up the bodies of victims so they can be laid to rest is proceeding with agonizing slowness, plans to put in place a structure to reap maximum profits for corporate profiteers has gone ahead faster than Katrina’s 170 mph winds. And the long-term results for the region and the country may be just as devastating.
Clean-up begins, but anger wont wash away
NEW ORLEANS — Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated this region, and as they begin a valiant struggle to rebuild, people here are still fuming that the Bush administration was so tardy in coming to their aid. click here for Spanish text
By George, hes done it: Clooneys movie takes on McCarthyism past and present
Actor-director George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” won critical acclaim at the Venice Film Festival last week for its portrayal of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow and his fight against the anticommunist paranoia sweeping 1950s America.
Musicians rally to save cultural mecca
“They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad,” East Texas bluesman T-Bone Walker sang in 1947. “Wednesday’s worse, and Thursday’s oh so sad.”
Republicans fleeing Bush on Arctic drilling issue
Two dozen House Republicans, including three committee chairmen, have directly opposed the Bush administration’s effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling by sneaking it through the budget approval process.
R.I. janitors, hotel workers demand justice on Labor Day
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s capital city has been recently lauded as “America’s Renaissance City,” with several new downtown development projects — upscale hotels, a high-end shopping mall and a handful of relocated corporate offices. City planners have aimed to transform Providence into an international tourist destination and to bring more wealthy residents and businesses back into the city.
From abroad, offers of aid for Katrina victims
Offers of hurricane relief aid have poured into the U.S. from more than 90 nations, rich and poor alike.
