Oct 19, 2002

Three weeks ago the Bush administration announced a new strategic-military policy. Named “The National Security Strategy of the United States,” the document contains little that has not been said earlier by Bush and his foreign policy aides.

The following is based on an Oct. 10 statement from the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and an article by Renato Rabelo, PCdoB president.


In analyzing the Oct. 6 elections, Renato Rabelo, Communist Party of Brazil president, said Brazilians see that Workers’ Party (PT) presidential candidate Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva, “represents a consensus for change towards a new era.

WATERBURY, Conn. – The AARP held a debate between Jim Maloney (D) and Nancy Johnson (R) here Sept. 30. The forum focused on senior citizens issues, mainly a prescription drug benefit under Medicare, upholding and strengthening Social Security and health care. Nearly 400 senior citizens attended. Senior citizens’ voting turnout rate is usually higher than the general population’s.

Protests continue around the country / Librarians: ‘No war with Iraq’ / Lucent workers take a hit / Victory for WorldCom workers / More seniors lose Medicare HMO plans / Peace Prize criticizes Bush administration

DALLAS – Communications Workers of America President Morton Bahr told a “get-out-the-vote” (GOTV) meeting here Oct. 3 that the Bush administration is the “most pro-business, anti-worker administration in history!” He was speaking to union officers and activists in the headquarters of CWA Local 6215, as part of a national GOTV tour.

CD Reviews


Samba Bossa Nova, Putumayo World Music, 2002

When Bossa Nova reached North America

in the late 1950s, audiences eagerly embraced the cool, breezy Brazilian music. While the whispered vocals of performers such as Astrud Gilberto and Carlos Jobim won a loyal following and musical recognition, the musical genre’s popularity did not endure.

LOS ANGELES – El movimiento sindical reaccionó con furia a la decisión de George W. Bush a invocar la ley antisindical Taft-Hartley para poner fin a una huelga patronal contra la Unión Internacional de Trabajadores Portuarios (ILWU) en la Costa Oeste. Esta es la primera utilización de la ley contra la unión laboral desde que Richard Nixon la invocó en el 1971 para interrumpir una huelga.

George W is a global kind of guy – he’s a big promoter of corporate globalization, and, of course, he’s launched his unlimited global war on terrorism.

BALTIMORE – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Democratic candidate for governor, told a crowd of 1,500 here that she endorses and will push for an $11 an hour living wage for state employees, if elected.

Anti-war leaders expressed anger that lawmakers ignored a flood of anti-war mail in voting last week for a resolution that grants George W. Bush authority to launch a unilateral, preemptive attack on Iraq.