Nov 3, 2001

Comedian Robert Klein's stand-up routines are so clever that he charms audiences of all ages during his popular HBO specials and frequent stints on the late-night talk show circuit.

Military contractors at the trough / No wider war!

Like many other areas of life, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed the anti-globalization movement. Unions, youth, community and church organizations and coalitions felt the need to reconsider strategy, tactics and basic aims.

Are you looking ahead to the holiday season with anxiety as well as enthusiasm? Do countless hours of preparation sometimes leave you too stressed and tired to enjoy the actual celebrating? Are you disappointed that the true meaning of the holidays often gets lost in commercialism?

On Thursday, I waited in line for four hours to be tested for anthrax. On Monday, I had been in the area of the U.S. Senate building where the bacteria had been found. I was, therefore, called and told I should be tested.

Like it is / Remember / Reader's praise - we think/ Lean times / Texans march for peace / A memorial / Working class truth

En las semanas después de los eventos del 11 de septiembre, las filas de los desempleados ha crecido por casi medio millón. A decenas de miles de trabajadores de las aerolineas se le han unido miles de trabajadores de todos los sectores de la economía, desde restaurantes hasta fábricas y de las agencias temporeras hasta en los sitios de construcción, en las filas de desempleo que crece más largas cada día.

Three outstanding Bay Area organizations and their leaders will be honored at the Northern California People's Weekly World banquet Sunday, Nov. 18. The banquet's theme is "Together for a world of economic and social justice, peace and democracy."

CHICAGO - Deepening U.S. military involvement in Colombia is part and parcel of Washington's blueprint to politically and economically dominate all of Latin America, said panelists at a recent forum here. If allowed to continue, they said, the Pentagon's escalating involvement could well lead to another "Vietnam-type conflict" of huge and uncontrollable proportions, spilling well beyond Colombia's borders.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Sacramento Central Labor Council, at its annual Salute to Labor dinner Oct. 18, honored two unions, a corporation, three male union leaders and one rank-and-file woman.