Aug 3, 2002

An effort by right-to-life Republicans to include language that would allow hooligans who block access to abortion clinics to avoid court-ordered fines or judgments by declaring bankruptcy has so far prevented congressional action on bankruptcy “reform.” While the matter is certain to reappear when Congress reconvenes after Labor Day, the delay offers an opportunity to bring pressure on Congress to defeat the legislation.

A statement released by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) on July 22 called for removal of Peter Kirsanow, a Bush appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR).

In his July 26 speech marking the 49th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks, that launched the Cuban revolution, Cuban president Fidel Castro hailed the U.S. House of Representatives’ overwhelming approval of measures easing the blockade Washington has imposed on the island for more than 40 years.

In the four months since the International Steel Group (ISG) finished taking over the closed and bankrupt LTV Steel facilities in Cleveland and Indiana Harbor, close to 1,000 workers have been recalled in each plant under an interim contract with the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), and production has rapidly resumed.

SIPESVILLE, Pa. – Men, women and children walk up the lane of the Arnold family dairy farm in a steady stream to pay homage to nine brave coal miners and the skill of the rescue team that brought them up alive from a flooded mine 250 feet below a cornfield Sunday, July 28.

RUSTENBERG, Sudáfrica – Casi 1.000 delegados e invitados asistieron al 11mo Congreso del Partido Comunista Sudafricano (PCS), celebrado aquí desde el 24 al 26 de julio. Blade Nzimande, secretario general del PCS, dijo en su informe político al Congreso que la reunión “era la más grande de nuestro gran y glorioso partido.”

La mayoría de las elecciones primarias para escoger el candidato de un partido son cosas muy aburridas donde el oficial actual está casi asegurado ganar, pero lo mismo no se puede decir de la contienda en el Cuarto Distrito de Georgia para el Congreso.

Back in the roaring 1960s, Bob Dylan moved from the Mesabi Iron Range in Northern Minnesota to New York City. In those days the Mesabi Range was the home of thousands of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) iron ore miners.

The following is a statement of the Communist Party of Venezuela.

Another coup conspiracy is in progress. The very same ones who tried to overthrow democracy on April 11 are, at this moment, moving forward with a plan to impose a de facto regime upon the country. By paralyzing the city of Caracas, they are trying to create a climate of destabilization, in order to justify an uprising by coup-plotters who are still present within the Armed Forces.

Los cubanos celebraron el 26 de julio, fecha que conmemora el ataque de Fidel Castro y sus compañeros revolucionarios al cuartel Moncada en la ciudad de Santiago, ya hace 49 años, con actividades de apoyo a la Revolución que triunfó cuatro años y medio después.