Mar 23, 2002

Exclusive documents obtained by the People's Weekly World's editor, Tim Wheeler, on a recent trip to Houston, TX.

TEL AVIV – The renewed efforts of the Bush administration and the European Union (EU) summit, as well as the growing Israeli and international demand for a change in Israel’s policy opening the road to peace, have given rise to a ray of hope, albeit dimmed by continuing bloody events.

In June 1998, FBI officials visiting Havana were given reports by the Cuban government on anti-Cuban terrorist groups operating in the United States. On Sept. 16, 1998, five men – René González, Ramón Labańino, Fernando González, Antonio Guerrero and Gerardo Hernández – were arrested in Miami and charged with espionage and related charges. For the entire article click on the headline. To read an article from the Cuban newspaper, Granma on how anti-Cuban terrorists continue to operate in Miami with impunity, click here; to find out how to contact the 'Miami 5' in prison, click here.

The fight for amnesty for nine million undocumented workers in the United States was put on hold, like many other struggles, by Sept. 11.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – On March 18, over 100 people protested a fundraiser for the Senate campaign of Rep. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) at the St. Louis Convention Center. President George W. Bush, the event’s guest of honor, was met with chants as he entered the event.

En California el gobierno estatal cerrará el 1 de abril en tributo a César E. Chávez, el fallecido fundador y presidente del Sindicato de Trabajadores Agrícola (UFW por sus siglas en inglés), AFL-CIO. Esta será la segunda celebración del día feriado oficial que fue hecho ley por la firma del gobernador Gray Davis el 18 de agosto del 2000. Más de 100.000 empleados estatales recibirán un día libre pagado y los nińos en las escuelas públicas participarán en un día de servicio a la comunidad y educación en honor a Chávez.

In California, the state government will shut down April 1 in tribute to César E. Chávez, the late founder and president of the United Farm Workers (UFW), AFL-CIO. This will mark the second celebration of the official paid state holiday signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis on Aug. 18, 2000. Over 100,000 state workers will receive a paid holiday and children in public schools will participate in a day of service and learning in Chávez’s honor.

Purim is the Jewish Mardi Gras. Traditionally, on Purim, Jews dress in masks and costumes, get drunk (it’s ritually required) and dance to celebrate the biblical story of how Queen Esther of Persia intervened to prevent a massacre of the Jews.

“We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are sons and daughters of the farm workers’ revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking bread and justice.”

Paul Ginsberg, president of the Center for Studying Health Systems Change (HSC), says there are at least 7.4 million working-age Americans with chronic illnesses who lack any health insurance coverage.