Philadelphians rally for peace and jobs
PHILADELPHIA – Over 300 people packed the hospital and health care workers District 1199C union hall here on April 17 to hear public officials, trade unionists, peace activists and others blast the Bush war policies and call for electing a new president in 2004.
César Châvez Day in a time of nativism
Opinion In a preview of his new book “Who Are We: The Challenges to America’s National Identity,” Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington writes: “The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture. ... The United States ignores this challenge at its peril.”
Gentle Giant
John W. Stanford Jr., a slight, quiet-spoken, grinning man, may not be the oldest regular in the protest crowd, but he has probably attended more peace demonstrations, labor rallies, and pickets for racial justice than anyone in Texas.
