Dec 21, 2002

The People’s Weekly World editorial Nov. 9 commented on continuing the political struggle against Bush’s policies, domestic and foreign. Obviously all readers of this paper will agree, the question becomes how to reach the people who don’t subscribe or who don’t know our paper is here.

Afghanistan is bracing for the repatriation of 1.5 million refugees from Pakistan, according to an agreement to be signed in Geneva next month, which was announced Dec. 13. Beginning this spring, 400,000 refugees will be repatriated each year for the next three years.

With passage of resolutions by AFSCME and the Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, more than 80 labor organizations and labor leaders have spoken out in opposition to the Bush administration’s mad dash to war with Iraq.

MANSFIELD, Ohio – The ongoing campaign to end what steelworkers called the "state of siege" by Armco/AK Steel corporation, ended with a victory rally here at the county fairgrounds, Dec. 14. Steelworkers won a long-fought victory, Dec. 10, when AK Steel announced it will call back union workers after a three-year lockout.

NUEVA YORK – "Guerra contra Irak es injustificable e inmoral. Costará miles de vidas inocentes, iraquíes y norteamericanas. Y yo haré todo lo que pueda para pararlo." Así dijo el rabino Michael Fineberg antes de su arresto en las escaleras de la Misión de EEUU a las Naciones Unidas, el 10 de diciembre.

Trent Lott’s racist remarks earlier this month may have served to strengthen a growing civil rights movement to defend affirmative action. The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 2 to hear Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, which have been described as the most significant civil rights cases since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Prensa Latina) – Aunque el triunfo de Luis Inacio Lula da Silva en los comicios presidenciales de Brasil era previsto con certeza matemática, el propio líder del Partido de los Trabajadores (PT) sólo lo creyó cuando recibió el veredicto de las urnas.

Brazilian political scientist Luis Fernandes was given a warm welcome by the Cleveland labor movement in his visit here Dec. 11.

Despite growing world and domestic opposition, the Bush administration is mounting a new high-pressure campaign to force UN support for its drive to war against Iraq.

Para la gente de Mississippi que tuvieron que aguantar los horrores del racismo, ya era tiempo la crítica del líder de la mayoría en el Senado Trent Lott. El senador republicano había pasado décadas promoviendo la segregación en su estado natal.