Nov 30, 2002

BALTIMORE – Anti-war activists crowded the ornate City Council chamber Nov. 20 to testify in support of a council resolution by Councilman Kwame Abayomi opposing George W. Bush’s threat of "unilateral, preemptive military action against Iraq."

Opinion


Truth, morality, organization, and solidarity – these are the keys to defeating the Bushes and Bushites. The son of a Bush occupying the White House, and his brother Ol’ Jeb the millionaire, the Florida governor, want us to listen to their words about democracy and justice and ignore their actions against democracy and justice. But they can be beat.

WASHINGTON (Press Associates Union News) – Ending a long split, the Carpenters will reaffiliate with the AFL-CIO on Dec. 1, according to a memo to local councils from Federation Building and Construction Trades Department President Edward C. Sullivan.

Defenders of the Bill of Rights warned that Senate votes to confirm Dennis Shedd and Michael McConnell to the Fourth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal is part of the Bush administration’s plan to pack the judiciary with ultra-rightists, turning back the clock on civil rights and civil liberties.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE – Estremecidos, alegres, llenos de esperanzas y nuevas fuerzas terminaron su participación en el XXII Congreso los delegados de todo Chile y el extranjero. En cuatro días de discusión apasionada y respetuosa, debate abierto y traspaso de experiencias, los más de 350 comunistas que se reunieron para definir la política del Partido para los próximos cuatro años se sintieron cumpliendo un papel histórico.

HAVANA – Over 1,000 delegates from around the world, primarily from the Americas, are gathered here for the Second Hemispheric Conference of Struggle Against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Conference participants came from every country in North, Central and South America, and from all the Caribbean countries.

La amenaza de guerra con Irak motivó protestas en ambos lados del Atlántico hace dos semanas mientras un contingente de mujeres anunciaron su intención de hacer una vigilia de 24 horas al día por cuatro meses cerca de la Casa Blanca, organizaciones principales reclaman por una resolución pacífica a la crisis de Irak, y la Campaña por el Desarme Nuclear Británico amenazó acción legal para prevenir que su gobierno ataque a Irak sin autorización explícita de la ONU.

Los republicanos en la Cámara de Representantes terminaron la sesión del Congreso sin permitir una extensión de beneficios por desempleo a los casi un millón de trabajadores cesantes.

Stop Bush’s nightmare Christmas war / Bush ignores public on environment

One of the several components of the "American dream" is home ownership – that rent receipts could become receipts for payments on, "a home for two, out in the blue," as a popular western song of the ’40s had it.