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$87 billion for Iraq: Another Vietnam?

September 12, 2003 By Susan Webb

President Bush stunned the nation Sunday night with his request for an additional $87 billion for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. In a hastily-scheduled television speech, Bush sought to defend the Iraq war and occupation...

The legacy of Benjamin J. Davis

September 5, 2003 By Jarvis Tyner

**See below: “The making of a Communist” by Benjamin J. Davis ** This is the centennial of the birth of a former New York City Council member from Harlem and a remarkable African-American leader: Benjamin J....

NYC job crisis worst in nation

September 5, 2003

With hundreds of thousands of jobs lost between December 2000 and June 2003, New York City has been hit by recession worse than the rest of the United States, according to a new report published by...

San Francisco readies for Freedom Ride

September 5, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO – Bay area workers, in coalition with labor unions, immigrant and civil rights groups, have come together, like their counterparts across the country, to take part in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. Several buses...

Labor Day 2003: A tale of two worlds

September 5, 2003 By Teresa Albano

“Why do workers struggle? Because they have to,” was a favorite refrain of former Maryland AFL-CIO President and Communist Party leader George Meyers. Working families have certainly been forced to struggle for jobs, better wages and...