Left and Communist youth meet in Brazil
News Analysis BRASILIA, Brazil – Two recent events energized the world’s young communist and progressive movement.
Cuba marches forward despite the odds
HAVANA – It was the talk of the town here. Another day passed and the badly needed rain in Cuba’s central and eastern provinces did not come.
Radical gathering sets agenda for change
WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. – Left-wing activists of all stripes held their annual gathering known as RadFest here on June 4-6. The event, organized by Patrick Barrett and the Havens Center of the University of Wisconsin, drew hundreds of participants from across the Midwest and several from other regions and countries.
Massive rally marks strike anniversary
CHICAGO – Shouting “No contract, No peace,” Congress Hotel workers and their supporters marked the one-year anniversary of their strike against the hotel June 15 with a massive picket line and rally.
National Clips
CINCINNATI: No more empty promises / HARTFORD, Conn.: Corrupt Republican governor resigns / AUSTIN, Texas: Juneteenth parade and new lawsuit on police brutality / PHILADELPHIA, Miss.: Honoring civil rights workers
Pride month events keep eye on November
In the 35 years since the Stonewall uprising, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangendered (GLBT) movement has come a long way. As with each June, this year’s pride celebrations mark the anniversary of the historic 1969 event in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Georgias Black farmers truck melons north
HARVEY, Ill. – African American farmers drove a truckload of watermelons, cantaloupes, peaches, tomatoes, collard greens and sweet corn from their farms in Georgia to a farmers market in this predominantly Black and Latino community Saturday, June 19.
Diplomats and commanders reject Bush
George W. Bush is pleading for a second term based on his record as a “war president” who uses military force to wipe out terrorists before they strike again. But that aggressive posture is now stirring powerful opposition from former senior officials, military officers, and legal scholars. click here for Spanish text
Some people still dont want you to see my movie...
The following is excerpted from a recent letter from Michael Moore, director of “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
War on workers and war on Iraq
NEW YORK (PAI) – Want ultimate evidence that U.S. companies wage war on workers while the U.S. wages war in Iraq? Listen to reporters at the Wall Street Journal.
