Jul 13, 2002

TRIVANDRUM, India – As part of their pro-corporate globalization agenda, the government of India decided to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in print media. The national cabinet adopted the new bill, June 25, overturning a 1955 law that prohibited foreign ownership of Indian news publications.

WASHINGTON – Two yellow school buses, part of the 13th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba, brought protesters to a rally outside the U.S. Treasury building July 8. The protesters vowed to deliver the buses plus tons more humanitarian aid to Cuba, in defiance of the 42-year blockade of that island nation.

KINGDOM OF GOD – Following the U.S. Circuit Court rejection of the Pledge of Allegiance phrase “under God” because it endorses monotheism, God issued the following statement to the press:

Evil capitalists, dirty political tricks, police riots, civil disobedience, sabotage using explosives and jailbreaks. This sounds like another summer thriller, doesn’t it? Actually, these are all elements of Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures’ latest animated film, Hey Arnold! – The Movie based on the Nickelodeon animated series created by Craig Bartlett. Originally intended to be the final two-hour episode of the series, it was decided to release Hey Arnold! as a theatrical feature.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Labor, community and civil liberties organizations are joining with immigrants in a heated battle to support their right to drivers’ licenses in Connecticut.

HARTFORD, Connecticut – Organizaciones laborales, comunitarias y de libertades civiles se están uniendo con los inmigrantes luchando por el derecho de conducir en Connecticut.

Bolivian Indian second for presidency/Toronto city workers continue strike/China pledges to support Palestinians/Italian unions plan strikes/Two S. Korean unionists freed/Egyptian child labor criticized

An interfaith peace delegation of 19 people, organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), was deported from Israel after being detained overnight at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on July 2.

MADRID (Prensa Latina) – Dotado de una visión filosófica, política, ideológica e histórica poco comunes, la figura del Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah continúa suscitando apasionadas polémicas, a casi tres décadas de su muerte.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Folks who believe the official line that the support for the current US policies in the war on terrorism and the new domestic measures at home is nearly unanimous need to know what happened in Greensboro on the 4th of July.