WASHINGTON – Larry Syverson, father of two combat soldiers deployed in Iraq, told a National Press Club news conference Sept. 24 that George W. Bush is “playing with my sons’ lives” to secure control of Iraqi oil. 
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Sept 27, 2003
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Jubilant send-off rallies in four West Coast cities Sept. 20 launched the first contingent of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (IWFR), the most dramatic and ambitious campaign for rights of foreign-born workers and their families in U.S. history.
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Over the next few months, you may notice some changes taking place on the front page of the People’s Weekly World. They might not seem like much, but they’re helping us improve our circulation.
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CHICAGO – The letters were sent in August. Hundreds of thousands of parents received the news. Their children were going to failing schools.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The labor-led fight to defeat the recall of California Gov. Gray Davis is surging forward despite a Sept. 22 court ruling that reinstated Oct. 7 as the date of the special election.
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NEW HAVEN – Even as jubilant members of Locals 34 and 35 at Yale University cheered, sang, and celebrated the best contracts in their history, they vowed to keep up the fight in support of their sisters and brothers in the dietary department of Yale New Haven Hospital.
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The Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment (ASJE) launched its March to Miami just after Labor Day in Seattle, where Teamsters and environmental activists first marched together to protest transnational corporate arrogance and the World Trade Organization.
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An article by Karen Talbot titled “Coup-making in Venezuela: The Bush and oil factors,” which appeared in the July 27, 2002, edition of the People’s Weekly World, has been named one of the 25 most censored stories of 2002-2003.
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EAST LOS ANGELES: Latinos protest Schwarzenegger / DEARBORN, Mich.: Workers protest phony Bush jobs plan / COLUMBUS, Ohio: Unity = Victory for Rx coverage / NASHVILLE, Tenn.: African Americans live sicker and die sooner
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On Oct. 7, 2001, the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Afghanistan was the country headed by a reactionary government called the Taliban, which also was allegedly giving aid and comfort to terrorist Al Queda boss Osama bin Laden.
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