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City Council victories, mayoral defeat
NEW YORK – While returns from the Nov. 6 election across the country show a setback for the GOP, Republican Michael Bloomberg became the 108th mayor here, defeating Democrat Mark Green by a slim 40,000 votes. Billionaire Bloomberg virtually bought the election, spending a record $60 million of his own money, in his mayoral run […]
- November 10, 2001
Ohio workers fight
ASHTABULA, Ohio – For months Ohio’s public employees’ unions have been sounding the alarm over Governor Taft and the right-wing Republican Legislature cutting funding for government services. The full impact of these cuts is now being felt at the local level with shrinking staff and attacks on wages, benefits and working conditions, resulting in three […]
- November 10, 2001
Laundry workers gain support
HIGHWOOD, Ill. – “Viva la huelga, viva la union,” chanted striking laundry workers, their families and supporters as they marched and rallied here Nov. 2. The 40 workers, all Mexican immigrants, have been on strike against Carousel Linen, Inc. for one month, demanding union recognition for UNITE, higher wages and better working conditions. “You have […]
- November 10, 2001
America’s disappeared
She did not attend the Oct. 28 memorial service at the World Trade Center in New York for those who died there Sept. 11. Instead she wrote to President Bush asking his help to find her son, who had left the house for work shortly before the first plane barreled into one of the towers […]
- November 10, 2001
Firefighters struggle for dignity
NEW YORK – In the glare of local TV news cameras, two more leaders of the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) surrendered to police custody, Nov. 5, at the First Precinct just a few blocks from the remains of the World Trade Center disaster. Since Nov. 2, the Giuliani administration has launched an unprecedented roundup of […]
- November 10, 2001
Bush plan puts profits before air security
George W. Bush proved that he remains a fanatical advocate of privatization as he spearheaded a drive in the House to block a Senate bill that would federalize airport security. Bush succeeded in winning a razor-thin victory in the House but the final legislation depends on a House-Senate conference, which must reconcile the two versions […]
- November 10, 2001
Use of U.S. ground forces = new dangers
Although U.S. and British “special forces” have been rumored to be on the ground in Afghanistan since the beginning of the bombing on Oct. 7, it wasn’t until last week that the Pentagon and Bush administration acknowledged the deployment of U.S. ground troops to Afghanistan. About 1,000 U.S. troops, reportedly “heavy weather specialists,” are in […]
- November 10, 2001
Coalition calls day of youth action for peace
Thousands of high school and college students and other young people around the country are organizing marches, teach-ins, demonstrations, vigils and other creative actions on campuses and in communities as part of a national day of action Nov. 15. Youth and student organizations from around the U.S. came together to form the National Youth and […]
- November 10, 2001
Humanitarian crisis: stop the bombs
Isn’t it time to step back from the relentless bombing of Afghanistan? Isn’t it time for suspension of bombing? For one thing, the stated objectives of the administration – capturing bin Laden and replacing the Taliban government – are no closer to being realized. For another, innocent people and especially the most vulnerable – children […]
- By : Susan Webb
- November 10, 2001
Dear Peoples Weekly World Reader
Sept. 11 changed the world forever. That is what the corporate media keeps telling us. And it is true. But does their uncritical backing of George W. Bush’s “war on terrorism” suggest that they have learned any lessons from that tragedy? They keep pounding the drums for a wider war, even though it is clear […]
- By : Susan Webb
- November 10, 2001