National Clips
PITTSBURGH, Penn.: Goodyear talks break off / PHILADELPHIA, Penn.: Stop war, repression! / NASHVILLE, Tenn. & OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.: Defending the Bill of Rights / CHARLESTON, W.Va.: Vigil against anti-Semitism / SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Public school giveaway halted
Houston prepares for Freedom Ride
According to organizer Maria Jimenez, the scene looked like an old-fashioned pep rally for Flag Day in Houston as the Wood Forest High School marching band warmed up the crowd in the huge Electrical Workers Union Local 716 hall, June 14. Two hundred people were kicking off the organizing activities for Houston’s contingent of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
Parents fight Jebs biased test
At least 43,000 third-graders and 12,000 high school seniors failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) this past May, triggering an angry protest movement by parents, students, and their supporters demanding that Gov. Jeb Bush suspend the high stakes exam.
Kucinich vows to challenge monopolies
ELGIN, Ill. – On June 21, Dennis Kucinich took his campaign for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party into the home territory of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, one of George W. Bush’s closest allies.
Black Radical Congress charts course
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Black Radical Congress (BRC) brought together 200 activists at Seton Hall University during the weekend of June 20-22 to discuss “War, Racism and Repression: Confronting the U.S. Empire.”
The power behind the tax cuts
In a brief period of two years, the right wing ideologues who control the federal government have been able to ram trillion-dollar tax cuts through Congress in 2001 and again in 2003, reduced a budget surplus to a deficit, and increase military spending while cutting spending for social programs.
CPUSA leaders chart anti-Bush fightback
NEW YORK – An upbeat, fighting spirit dominated the June 28-29 meeting of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA.
National Clips
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Celebration for gay rights and peace / MoveOn, Cyberspace: Dean wins online primary / WASHINGTON, D.C.: End the death penalty / JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.: First African American chief justice / ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.: Casino workers go union
Texans fight partisan battle
When Texas Governor G.W. Bush ran for president, he claimed that he had brought bipartisan cooperation to state government. But as soon as Bush’s party took control ofboth houses of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion, they began a power grab to make their 2002 electoral gains permanent by re-drawing the Congressional districts of Texas.
Albano named PWW editor, Wheeler to cover nations capital
The editorial board of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo has named Terrie Albano editor. Albano is the first woman editor of the newspaper, which traces its lineage back to the 1924 Daily Worker.
