archives for 1997

1997 articles previously featured on the
People's Weekly World page.

• Tim Wheeler & Les Bayless, "Squeaker" of the House - Gingrich faces ethics probe.
• Fred Gaboury, Korea strike leaders defy government threats.
• Gus Hall, Views and previews for the New Year.

• Fred Gaboury, Korean strikers defy anti-labor regime.
• Marilyn Bechtel, California welfare bill worse than federal law.
• Tim Wheeler, Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King - "We must get on the side of revolution."

• Fred Gaboury, South Korean unions force government to backdown.
• Fred Gaboury, Meyers: a "coal miner's" son.
• Barbara Jean Hope, And then Lolita died.

• Demise Winebrenner, A vote for solidarity in steel union strike.
• Special to the PWW, Battle looms over logging practices.
• Gus Hall, The Communist Party & the crisis of capitalism.

• Evelina Alarcon, Martinez Bill - people's answer to welfare "reform."
• Julia Lutsky, Rid the world of nuclear weapons, waste.
• Gus Hall, The economic emergency & the class struggle (part 2).

• Fred Gaboury, "Rebuild America" - Jobs bill gathers steam.
• Vic Perlo, A program to save Social Security.
• Gus Hall, Against Racism: the struggle for equality and working class unity.

• Fred Gaboury, US and Japanese workers solidarity across the Pacific.
• Army's chemical weapon incinerator controversy.
• Tim Wheeler and Lasker Smith, Detroit newspaper strikers: "We'll return, but fight on."

• Evelina Alarcon, Martinez public works jobs bill goes to Congress.
• CPUSA condolences sent to CPC on Deng's death.
• Fred Gaboury, AFL-CIO makes organizing top priority.

• Gus Hall, "It's all out class war at Wheeling Pitt!"
• Editorial, CIA (Murder Inc.) downsizes.
• Steve Johnson, The farm situation is tough and getting tougher.

• Scott Marshall, Chicago "street heat" pushes $250 billion jobs bill.
• Denise Weinbrenner, Wheeling Pitt strike: 166 days and counting.
• Francesca Patai, "La Pasionaria" - Dolores Ibarurri (1895-1989).
• Special to the World, UMass students claim victory, end takeover.

• Lasker Smith & Denise Winebrenner, Wheeling Pitt strikers vow: "Never surrender."
• Victor Perlo, Kennan sees "fateful error" in NATO expansion.
• Statement of the Communist Party USA, Middle East peace process is in danger.

• Fred Gaboury, Wheeling Pitt strike solidarity spreads.
• Jagdish Parikh and P.K. Murphy, "The world is our picket line" - International solidarity.
• Gus Hall, Behind the news: The Clinton - Yeltzin summit in Helsinki.

• Gus Hall, The most basic fact of life: the class struggle.
• Denise Winebrenner, Wheeling Pitt strike solid as boss derails negotiations.
• Tim Wheeler Blood money. (Holocaust survivers and the Swiss bank)

• Marilyn Bechtel, Strawberry workers fight for union rights: Labor's strawberry campaign draws national attention.
• Julia Lutsky, Workfare: The impact of welfare "reform" and labor's fightback.
• Hans Lebrecht, 25,000 youth rally for peace in Tel Aviv.

• Denise Winebrenner, AFL-CIO weighs in on Wheeling-Pitt strike: As company walks out of talks, labor calls for national support.
• Marilyn Bechtel, Farmworkers march in California "biggest ever."
• Virginia Warner Brodine, Dioxin is forever, environmentalists warn: "No more dioxin" is Earth Day '97 rallying cry.

• Denise Winebrenner, Workers up the ante in Wheeling-Pitt strike: "Flying squads" put squeeze on stonewalling steel boss.
• Hans Lebrecht, Political bombshell shakes Israel.
• Fred Gaboury, May Day martyrs live on in today's struggles: The Mohawk Valley Formula and Wheeling-Pitt's Ron LaBow.

• Denise Winebrenner, Steelworkers leader: Defeat "not an option;" Unions, community groups vow solidarity in Wheeling-Pitt strike.
• Tim Wheeler, Price index deal would cut wages, benefits.
• Fred Gaboury, The "new" AFL-CIO - what others say.

• Tim wheeler & Fred Gaboury, Clinton/GOP budget blasted by AFL-CIO & community groups.
• Charles Caruso, Spanish Civil War vets mark 60th Anniversary.
• Daniel Villa, Celebrating May Day, the workers holiday, around the world.

• Tim Wheeler & W. H. Rogers, Unions block Texas privateers: Labor blocks Lockheed scam
• Hans Lebrecht, May Day in Israel calls for Netanyahu resignation
• Marilyn Bechtel, Oakland City Council backs jobs bill

• Fred Gaboury, Congressional Black Caucus fights Clinton-GOP budget cuts
• Eileen Reardon, Seventh US/Cuba Friendshipment breaks the blockade
• Tim Wheeler, NY labor vows support for W-P strikers

• Tim Wheeler, Peace leaders assail NATO expansion.
• Fred Gaboury, Little Steel strike.
• Denise Winebrenner, Wheeling Pitt strikers honor their war dead.

• Julian Carvajal & Bruce Bostick, Striking steelworkers get a boost in Boston.
• Evelina Alarcon, Jobs Bill now has 50 sponsors in Congress.
• Judith LeBlanc, Youth fight for the right to go to Cuba.

• Roy Rydell & Tim Wheeler, Wheeling Pitt strikers target Wall Street.
• CPUSA Statement, The Wheeling Pitt fight is our fight too!
• Seth Oberman, World youth protest denial of travel license.

• Fred Gaboury, New Yorkers win rent control war.
• William Pomeroy, The leftward political trend in Europe.
• Special to the World, Showdown in Motown.

• Chris McKie, Action! Motown '97: 100,000 flood Detroit.
• Marilyn Bechtel, Cities urged to join 'no sweatshop' resolution.
• William Pomeroy, British colonialism exits Hong Kong.

• Fred Gaboury & Roy Rydell, Wheeling Pitt strikers: 'Settle or we'll be back!'
• Julia Lutskey, Number of police paramilitary units grow.
• John Bachtell, New Yorkers give Cuban leader big welcome.

• Gus Hall, Unity, militancy can stop Clinton's 'right moves'
• Judith LeBlanc, World Youth Festival movement grows
• PWW Editorial, Mexico rejects status quo

• Gus Hall, All the wrong moves: Clinton's swing to the right out of step with world trend.
• Denise Winebrenner, NAACP: 'We're back ... the streets are ours' Convention vows fight to defend civil rights gains.
• Tim Wheeler, The other Israel: an interview with Meir Vilner.

• Fred Gaboury, Steel strikers hit NYC streets streets: Sweeney to LaBow: 'We're watching you.'
• Tim Wheeler, GOP tax bill strips workers of jobs benefits.
• Gus Hall, National Chair, Communist Party USA, The American way to Bill of Rights socialism.

• Tim Wheeler, Pickets at White House: 'Hands of Medicare!'
• Scott Marshall, Building the Communist Party: Crisis and struggle struggle in the South
• Gus Hall, Republicans in turmoil: Possibilities for defeating the GOP

• Denise Winebrenner, Steelworkers win at Wheeling-Pitt! 10-month strike wins pensions, wages and plant reopening
• Gus Hall, New budget a good deal - for the rich
• Tim Wheeler, Palestinian people struggling for peace and a homeland

• Fred Gaboury, Strikers tell UPS: Part-time America won't work! AFL-CIO pledges $10 million per week
• Gus Hall, U.S. arms sales to Latin America - weapons of imperialism and exploitation
• Tim Wheeler, A visit to Nazareth

• Fred Gaboury, Teamster delivery: Victory for UPS strikers fuels labor's comeback
• Daniel Vila, Thousands protest N.Y. police torture
• Tim Wheeler, Pentagon plans 'end run' around Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

• Gus Hall, The times they are a changin' - Labor Day 1997 strike lessons
• Wally Kaufman, Communists on the front line of struggle
• George Meyers, Why join the Communist Party?

• Gus Hall, Basics: No peace in the class war
• Gregory Stepanovich NATO manipulating situation in Bosnia
• Daniel Vila Thousands demand end to NYC police brutality

• Evelina Alarcon, Hold the date: Oct. 18 Day of Action
• Herb Kaye, Bart workers strike against two-tier
• Herb Kaye & Roy Rydell US longshore workers show solidarity with British dockers

• Gus Hall, Fighting for what is ours: A salute to the AFL-CIO
• Evelina Alarcon, October 18 Day of Action for jobs picks up steam
• George Meyers, We can't afford more NAFTA's

• Fred Gaboury, AFL-CIO convention charts path to future
• Special to the World, McKinney: 'We need action, not symbolism'
• Tim Wheeler, $45 million down in flames in stealth fighter crash

• Fred Gaboury, Protest target child labor, sweat shops
• Communist Party USA, Unity, not anti-Communism, key to labor fight
• Gus Hall, Working class unity in the US today

• Evelina Alarcon & Fred Gaboury, Jobs rallies across the nation
• Frank Chapman, UN probe stirs up Helms
• Vic Perlo, NATO: The costs are too high

• Fred Gaboury, Rank & file Teamsters: 'Probe Hoffa, Jr. finances'
• Greg Godwin, Tax 'revolution' puts the squeeze on the little guy
• Evelina Alarcon, Rallies boost Martinez Jobs Bill

• Victor Perlo, Financial crisis reverberates around the world
• Herb Kaye, Californians march for affirmative action
• William Pomeroy, US moves to restore its military in Philippines

• Fred Gaboury, Feds investigate Hoffa campaing finances
• Tim Wheeler, Supreme Court denies review of prop. 209
• Frank Chapman, Right wing defeated in Pa.

• Scott Marshall, A new day for reds
• Tim Wheeler, How the GOP bought the 1996 elections
• PWW Editorial, Fed witch hunt targets labor

• Fred Gaboury, 13.6 million children at risk of hunger
• Herb Kaye, Labor meeting targets NAFTA, privatization
• Gus Hall, After 50 years: Truth triumphs over the lies of anti-communism

• Daniel Vila, 'Season of Conscience' targets sweatshops
• Frank Chapman, National day of action for welfare justice set
• Tim Wheeler, US still 'obstacle to progress' on environment

• Frank Chapman, The cry in 60 cities: 'Workfare justice'
• Roy Rydell, It's no time for talk
• Hans Lebrecht, Israeli general strike ends in victory

• Scott Marshall, Communists set January leadership meeting
• Frank Chapman, Robeson deserves honor, not 'rehabilitation'
• Sam Webb, With vigilance, labor's shift spells victory