Aug 17, 2002

LA HABANA (Prensa Latina) – Nuevos detalles del paracaidista británico que nunca existió, eje de una de las mayores operaciones de inteligencia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, fueron revelados recientemente por historiadores militares que habían guardado celoso silencio hasta ahora.

YORK, Pa. – Four white men pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Aug. 14 in the shooting death of a Black woman during a 1969 lynch attack on the city’s African-American community.

La amenza del presidente George Bush de intervenir en las negociaciones entre el Sindicato Internacional de Muelles y Almacenes (ILWU por sus siglas en inglés) es un ejemplo clásico de como las leyes estadounidense que gobiernan las relaciones laborales patronales están más contra los trabajadores y sus uniones.

BERKELEY, Calif. – After a mile-long march through the streets of Berkeley Aug. 1, 50 of the 800 supporters of hotel workers seeking a contract were arrested after blocking the street leading to the Hotel Claremont here.

Going over the books at WorldCom, they just found another $3.3 billion that had been incorrectly accounted for, bringing the grand total of “mistakes,” thus far, to over $7 billion.

Opponents of the death penalty here have had a good year despite the bleak mood fostered in the wake of Sept. 11. Many see its abolition as an eminently achievable goal. Their hope is buoyed by the scathing April 15 report by a task force appointed by Gov. George Ryan calling for a major overhaul of Illinois death penalty legislation.

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The threat by President George Bush to intervene in contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a classic example of how U.S. laws governing labor management relations are tilted against workers and their unions and but another example of Bush’s hatred of working people.

“Contract, Yes! Government intervention, No!” was the message of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the AFL-CIO, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and many mayors at rallies up and down the West Coast, Aug. 12. Thousands took to the streets in protest of a threat by the Bush administration to take over ports militarily in the event that the union decides to strike.