Mar 30, 2002

A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of nuclear war.

Americans for Victory Over Terrorism (AVOT), a newly founded neo-conservative organization headed by William Bennett, has launched a full-blown public relations campaign meant to silence critics of President George W. Bush’s war on terrorism.

OAKLAND – More than 350 trade unionists and community activists marched through the streets of downtown Oakland to the Federal Building March 23 in protest of government attacks on airport baggage screeners, longshore and hotel workers, and others who have been made victims of government security programs. After reaching the Federal Building, the marchers proceeded to Jack London Square on the waterfront.

Each year, the Institute for Policy Studies examines the list of the world’s billionaires and tries to put their wealth in perspective by comparing it to other things that are big and important in the world.

President Bush told the U.N. International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, March 22 that only nations that bow to his administration’s political and economic agenda will be approved for meager handouts of U.S. aid. His position, reflected in the barebones “Consensus of Monterrey” drew sharp criticism from delegates as well as from demonstrators in the streets. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the UN website of the International Conference on Financing for Development, click here.

Earlier this month, a Communist Party USA delegation – National Chairman Sam Webb, Vice Chairman Scott Marshall, African American Equality Commission Chairwoman Debbie Bell and International Secretary Marilyn Bechtel – visited China for a week on invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The group was the first official party delegation since long-time National Chairman Gus Hall visited China with a delegation in 1988. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the official website of the Communist Party of China, click here.

Los pasados comicios muestran éxitos relativos, avance del FSP y señalan con entusiasmo el camino hacia las elecciones presidenciales con la candidatura de Luis Eduardo Garzón. Ante el Congreso Nacional de Paz y País, para detener la guerra.

HYDERABAD, India – At a movie theater turned convention hall, the Communist Party of India – (Marxist) [CPI(M)] held its 17th Congress here, March 19-24. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the official website for the Communist Party of India (Marxist), click here.

So it is 2:00 a.m. and I can’t sleep, again! And I’m lying in bed thinking to myself about the St. Louis Justice for Janitors Campaign and how this struggle ties into the inner contradictions of capitalism.

Bush’s war on poor/Support the International Court of Criminal Justice