Jan 12, 2002

ATLANTA – The State of the Black World Conference was held here Nov. 28-Dec. 2 with 700 African Americans, Africans and African descendents from England, the Americas and many Caribbean Islands, including Cuba.

The political action agendas for labor and people’s movements in 2002 will be crucial to the next decade of social progress.

On the one hand: We are under attack from a secret organization that operates at our very bosom, using the openness of our society against us. Surely, we are justified in taking extraordinary measures to defend ourselves.

Jim Jennings, president of Conscience International, has seen the costs of war up close. Jennings, currently preparing for his fourth trip to Afghanistan, said, “The public is being shielded from the extent of civilian casualties; if people saw the war close up, they would not be so enthusiastic about it.”

WASHINGTON, DC – El presidente Bush y sus ayudantes republicanos en el Congreso bloquearon un proyecto de ley en el Senado que hubiese proveido 13 semanas más de beneficios por desempleo y que hubiera aumentado pago por servicios médicos para millones de trabajadores sin empleo, muchos de ellos cubierto por un plan temporero de Medicaid.

Charlotte Gray, directed by Gillian Armstrong, is faithful to Sabastian Faulks’ prize-winning book on which it’s based.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous Jan. 8 decision to reverse a lower court’s ruling, which had been in favor of an injured woman auto worker, was sharply criticized by defenders of civil rights for disabled people. They branded it another step to undermine the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To visit the American Association of People with Disabilities click here.

Silence is deadly/Time for a change