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International notes

September 24, 2004

Okinawa: Demonstrators protest copter crash A Sept. 12 demonstration brought some 30,000 protesters into the streets, a month after a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into a building at Okinawa State University. It was the prefecture’s largest...

National Clips

September 24, 2004

WASHINGTON: Bush threatens veto of overtime protection With the stroke of a pen, Bush robbed 6 million workers of overtime pay, Aug. 23. But the Republican-controlled Congress, feeling the heat from the AFL-CIO and other organizations,...

Northern California: Peace leader to be honored at banquet

September 24, 2004

Honored at the Northern California Friends of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo “Beat-Back-Bush” banquet Friday, Oct. 8, will be Fernando Suarez del Solar, a founding member of Military Families Speak Out whose son died in Iraq....

Election boards swamped with new voter sign-ups

September 24, 2004

Groups demand speedy action to protect vote The broad-based coalition seeking to defeat George W. Bush has registered millions of new voters and the flood continues, swamping state election boards even as deadlines near for signing...

Texas judicial candidate cites right-wing danger

September 17, 2004

HOUSTON — Unlike many candidates, David Van Os, a Democrat running for the Texas Supreme Court, doesn’t hesitate to bluntly criticize the right wing. He spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of about 150 at a rally...