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False friend wrote the book on backstabbing
The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-57, by Vernon L. Pedersen, University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago 2001. The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-57, is a strange book by an even stranger author. Vernon Pedersen appeared in Maryland in the middle 1980s seeking help with his PhD thesis, a historical study of the state’s Communist […]
- November 17, 2001
Globalization and India
Despite the enthusiasm of its supporters economic globalization gives rise to fierce exploitation, economic instability and crisis. The “globalization” touted by the major economic gurus has created problems around the world, including AIDs, poverty, hunger, debt, labor migration (people having to flee their own countries), global warming and increased national and racial oppression. Today’s global […]
- November 17, 2001
Protesters press Greece on refugees, troops
ATHENS, Greece – Over 10,000 protesters gathered Nov. 8 in Syntagma (Constitution) Square here in a rally against the attacks on Afghanistan. Chanting, “We’re not with NATO or the Taliban, stop the war in Afghanistan” they marched to the U.S. Embassy, where speakers from the trade unions and the KKE (Communist Party of Greece), among […]
- November 17, 2001
Is the truth ever disloyal?
Don’t bother us with facts, we’re fighting a war here. That’s basically the story of all wars – at least in their early stages – and this one against terrorism (which, as it turns out, is indistinguishable from a war with Afghanistan) is no exception. Already we’ve seen television commentators, networks, newspapers and college professors […]
- November 17, 2001
Terrorist attacks affirm need for a shift in approach
Sister Helen Prejean, was portrayed in the movie Dead Man Walking which was based on her writings about the death penalty. She wrote this essay immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks. I’m on a U.S. Airways plane – half-filled – on my way back to New Orleans after a week of cancelled speaking engagements. I’ve […]
- November 17, 2001
From 2001 archives: What’s lurking behind the war in Afghanistan?
This article was first published Nov. 17, 2001. As the war in Afghanistan garners more attention with calls for more troops, we rerun this here as a contribution to the discussion. There is little wonder that the Bush administration – with its vast ties to ultra-right ideologues, oil, finance, military industries and intelligence agencies – […]
- November 17, 2001
Chicago marks peace day
CHICAGO – A throng of at least 600 people gathered on the shores of the Chicago River and marched through the downtown area on Nov. 7, the National Day of Peace Response. The American Friends Service Committee, and scores of other local and national organizations, initiated the day. The crowd, including people of all ages […]
- November 17, 2001
More women lack health insurance
A report issued by The Commonwealth Fund on Aug. 30 says the number of uninsured women between the ages of 18 and 64 grew three times faster than the number of uninsured men. Although the number of the uninsured increased for both groups between 1994 and 1998, the increase for women – 2.2 million vs. […]
- By : Fred Gaboury
- November 17, 2001
Knesset limits democratic rights
TEL AVIV – Last week, the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, adopted two unprecedented racist resolutions. For the first time in the Israeli state’s history, the parliamentary immunity of an Arab Member of Knesset, Azmi Bishara of the (Arab) National Democratic Assembly (Balad) Party, was lifted so that he can be put on trial for political […]
- November 17, 2001
Fast Track back from the dead
SAN FRANCISCO – On Sept. 12, Fast Track came back from the dead. The proposal to give the Bush administration new trade negotiation authority, which had no chance of passage through Congress earlier this year, was resurrected from the political boneyard in the new post-Sept. 11 world. Today, Fast Track is alive and well, and […]
- November 17, 2001