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.
Pride march celebrates court ruling
NEW YORK – The 250,000 people crowded along Fifth Avenue June 29 to take part in and watch the 34th annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Pride March were celebrating something more specific than the ongoing fight for equal rights.
Seek national health solutions
At its February meeting the AFL-CIO Executive Council responded to the deepening health care crisis by adopting a statement aimed at making health care a priority in the 2004 elections. “We need to turn the 2004 elections into a referendum on whether all Americans should finally be able to get affordable, high-quality care with their right to choose their own doctor.”
Lee calls for new national priorities
CHICAGO – Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), the only representative to vote against Pres. Bush’s unlimited war authorization, spoke at the United Church of Hyde Park, June 23. Lee is the author of a bill that would rescind the legislation giving Pres. Bush unlimited powers of war.
Undocumented students win tuition victory
Thousands of immigrant students in Illinois will be able to attend college thanks to new legislation that grants them in-state tuition rates. The bill was passed this month by the Illinois General Assembly and then signed into law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D).
Protest greets Bush at fat cat banquet
NEW YORK – Thousands of activists, stretching from 52nd to 48th streets in mid-Manhattan, protested outside of George Bush’s $2,000-a-plate campaign fundraiser at the Sheraton Hotel here, June 23.
