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PWW Print Edition Archive
2002 Editions
Oct 19, 2002
BOSTON – Janitors in the Boston area entered their third week of striking the office building cleaning contractors with continued picket lines, marches, demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience to call attention to their plight and some victories.
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Oct 19, 2002
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Más de 1,5 millón de italianos se lanzaron a las calles de docenas de ciudades el 5 de octubre para protestar contra la posible acción militar norteamericana contra Irak – presionando fuertemente al gobierno italiano a pensar de nuevo su apoyo a la campaña bélica de Bush.
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One month into the national PWW Fund Drive, two recent events in the greater New York area have brought in contributions in memory of long-time Party activist Sid Taylor.
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The following is the statement given from the floor of the House on October 9 by Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.). Many fine statements were given from the House and Senate floors as to why the resolutions that give the president unprecedented powers needed to be opposed. The resolutions passed, but 133 House members and 23 Senate members voted against them.
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It’s no surprise that poverty is up and income down during this recession. The really bad news is that poverty rates are higher than in the 1970s, the top 5 percent of households gained at the expense of everyone else, and government policy is making things worse.
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – With thousands of lives at stake and a state honeycombed with abandoned coal mines, Quecreek miners, who electrified the nation when they survived 78 hours trapped in a flooded mine, scored a small victory when they convinced an investigation panel to hold additional hearings in the evening, closer to the site.
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The loss of Patsy Takemoto Mink, a 12-term representative of Hawaii in the House, profoundly affects all who fight for justice, equality and peace. Mink died Sept. 28 at the age of 74, due to complications from viral pneumonia. She described her convictions based in “simple justice and equality,” saying, “If to believe in freedom and equality is to be a radical, then I am a radical.” These simple beliefs proved radical time and again.
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NAZARETH – I was moved to tears to read Sen. Robert Byrd’s (D-W.Va.) statement about the impact of the calls and e-mails he received. People here are excited about how many in Congress voted against Bush’s Iraq war, though the dread of the war and its impact is undeniable. We do have a lot of work to do, but we’ve come so very far in a few short weeks.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. – Scores of active Indiana steelworkers and retired Chicago workers greeted executives and customers of AK (Armco-Kawasaki) Steel Corporation with an angry picket line, Oct. 8, demanding a contract.
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