Jun 15, 2002

DALLAS – Colombian trade unionist and congressman-elect Wilson Borja arrived here June 9 to speak about the issues burning between our country and his. Activists from Jobs with Justice and the North Texas Coalition for a Just Peace had prepared a heavy schedule of media interviews, public appearances and individual meetings for Borja’s four-day visit.

DALLAS, Tejas – El sindicalista y recién electo congresista Wilson Borja llegó aquí el 9 de junio para hablar de los temas importantes entre nuestros países. Activistas de Trabajo con Justicia y la Coalición por una Paz Justa del Norte de Tejas habían preparado muchas actividades, incluyendo entrevistas en los medios de comunicaciones, apariencias públicas y reuniones individuales para la visita de cuatro días de Borja.

A real plan for homeland security/Hate crimes are terrorist acts

Gordon “Brick” Moir, known to many PWW readers for his pithy comments in conversations with Hy Clymer, died May 29 in Aberdeen, Washington. He was 90 years old.

Britain’s unions worried about attacks on workers’ rights/Bangladesh protesters target ‘Status of Forces’ pact with U.S. /Striking dockers paralyze Belgian ports/SACP condemns banks for HIV/AIDS discrimination/Cuba donates vaccine to Uruguay/German workers conduct ‘warning strikes’

Jacob’s Ladder is an anti-war film released in 1990, a month before the start of the Gulf War. It’s about life and death, love and humanity, but the studio promoted it as a horror movie. It came and went in an instant but many consider it among cinema’s most memorable films.

Esos afanes de escribir que en muchos de nosotros duermen por largo tiempo sin realizarse los llevó a la práctica José Martí a edad bien temprana para el oficio, aunque no es de extrañar que así fuera en personalidad de caracteres tan extraordinarios como la suya.

“Juneteenth,” June 19, is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, Union General Granger and his regiment arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two and a half years after it was issued.

OAKLAND, California (Prensa Asociada) – El ambientalista radical Darryl Cherney dijo que gente tal como el reverendo Martin Luther King y los radicales de Hollywood, comparten una victoria legal con él y otra activista de la organización La Tierra Primero contra oficiales de la ley.

Attorney Donna R. Newman announced June 11 that she will challenge the detention of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen who is being held by the Justice Department without criminal charges as a suspect in a “bomb plot.”