Violence against Mexicans: a neglected part of our history
As the struggle for immigrant equality and justice is waged in the streets and heated debate fills Congress, a wave of hate crime has been unleashed upon the Mexican/Chicano community in the Southwest, a violent wave not without precedent in U.S. history.
Whats next with immigrant rights struggle?
There is a lull in dramatic congressional debates and spectacular mass marches, but important things are happening on immigration reform, and the movement for immigrant rights cannot rest.
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Now that corporations, “legal persons,” have far exceeded the legal and political powers of other people, and now that they have extended their reach all over the globe, it may come as no surprise that a simple generalization covers a great deal of all political developments: Corporations are using their control over governments to turn all forms of human activity into profit centers for themselves.
THISWEEKINLABOR
Ohio unions pushing workers’ comp restoration vote Justice for Florida tomato workers ‘Sleep with the right people’ USLAW alert on Bush Iran threat Cleveland JwJ rallies for health care
Wall Streets enforcer
Bush’s first treasury secretary, Paul O’Neill, was fired for not toeing the administration line. The second, John Snow, toed the line too closely.
Rainbow/PUSH advances fight for working families
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Hundreds of union supporters, members and leaders gathered here at the O’Hare Hyatt Hotel, June 12, under the banner “Labor Day — The Right To Organize,” during the 35th Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund Annual Conference.
WORLD NOTES
Greece: Students strike against privatization Worldwide: Escalation of attack on workers’ rights Czech Republic: Anticommunist frenzy mars elections Germany: Campaign against human trafficking Iraq: Gov’t backs down vs. trade union
Worldwide days of action for Cuban 5
The future of five political prisoners in U.S. jails known as the Cuban Five may depend on what happens during the next few months. Cuban and U.S. leaders of the solidarity movement on their behalf are planning actions aimed at educating a U.S. public that they see as knowing very little about the case of the Five.
Texas Dems gear up for November election
FORT WORTH, Texas — Over 7,000 Texans gathered here June 8-9 for the state Democratic Party convention. They came determined to overthrow the policies of George W. Bush that devastated Texas long before the rest of the nation felt their teeth.
