By BLACKIE D. Have you lost your job? Laid off? The company collapsed? Not to worry, your friends say. They just read in the paper/saw on TV that the economy had "bottomed out" and was surely going to swing up. And look at the stock market! Climbing back up! Maybe you can get out of … Continue reading Picket Line & Barricades: ‘Don’t Worry,’ they Tell Us!
Month: January 2002
Youth in Action
FBI and colleges attack student rights By DAVID BERNT Using the so-called war on terrorism as a pretext, the FBI, in collaboration with colleges and universities, is trampling on the privacy rights of students. The FBI has sought out, and in most cases obtained private student records, which by law are not to be released … Continue reading Youth in Action
In Struggle from Death Row – Worth More Dead than Alive
By KEVIN COOPER Since 1983, when I was first arrested and charged with the murders which landed me on death row, the county, state, and federal governments of the state of California have spent over 10 million dollars to have me executed. A lot is spent on every person on death row. Some cases require … Continue reading In Struggle from Death Row – Worth More Dead than Alive
MOVIE REVIEW:’Ali’ is Good… but not the Greatest!
"Ali," directed by Michael Mann, starring Will Smith, Mario Van Peebles, JonVoight. A Columbia Pictures release, 2001 (rated R, 158 min.) By JOE AUCIELLO No Black man in 20th century America was more famous than Muhammad Ali-not Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, or Jesse Jackson. Who else could be, … Continue reading MOVIE REVIEW:’Ali’ is Good… but not the Greatest!
A Cuban Revolutionary Addresses U.S. Court
Below we reprint a major portion of the statement of Ramon Labaniño Salazar given in federal court in Miami on Dec. 13, 2001, before he was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges including "conspiracy to commit espionage" for Cuba. Labaniño is one of five Cuban citizens who were given sentences of from 10 years to … Continue reading A Cuban Revolutionary Addresses U.S. Court
Artists Who Speak Out
By GAETANA CALDWELL-SMITH Philosopher and essayist Susan Sontag was skewered for voicing in The New Yorker her analysis of the atrocities of 9/11, which countered those of Bush's government spokespersons and the media pundits who pontificate on television news, talk shows, and in mainstream newspapers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. … Continue reading Artists Who Speak Out
Capitalist Plunder and the World’s Economic Crisis
By JEFF MACKLER The simultaneous recessions unfolding in the three major components of the world capitalist system-the United States, Europe, and Japan-portend increasing misery not only for the workers of these bitterly competing nations and their associated trading blocs but for the workers and farmers of the entire planet. Not a day passes when one … Continue reading Capitalist Plunder and the World’s Economic Crisis
Can Duhalde Restore the Prospects of Capitalism in Argentina?
By GERRY FOLEY After promising with great fanfare that he would announce his economic recovery plan on Jan. 4, Argentina's hastily installed new president, Eduardo Duhalde, decided to postpone the unveiling. The bare facts are that within the capitalist framework he has few options, but he also has to try to ride the waves of … Continue reading Can Duhalde Restore the Prospects of Capitalism in Argentina?
Israel Hurtles Toward War
By GERRY FOLEY Claims by the Israeli military on Jan. 3 that they had intercepted an alleged illegal shipment of 50 tons of military equipment destined for the Palestinian Authority highlight the momentum toward a general war by Israel against the Palestinian people and possibly a new war with one or a combination of the … Continue reading Israel Hurtles Toward War
India – Pakistan War Tensions Persist
By GERRY FOLEY The threat of war between India and Pakistan is a "blowback" for the U.S. rulers on a far greater scale than that of bin Laden and the Afghan Islamists turning to bite the hand that fed them. It could threaten a slaughter bigger than anything seen since World War II. India's pretext … Continue reading India – Pakistan War Tensions Persist
US Sinks Deeper into the Afghanistan Minefield
By GERRY FOLEY Despite the collapse of the Taliban and the shattering of the al-Qaida in Afghanistan, Washington's "antiterror forces" have been continuing to bomb the ruined country ruthlessly in the name of exterminating the remnants of their enemies. Every few days for weeks now, there have been new reports of dozens, or even over … Continue reading US Sinks Deeper into the Afghanistan Minefield
Why Was Martin Luther King Murdered?
By ROLAND SHEPPARD From the time of Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, the many inconsistencies in the government's assertion that James Earl Ray was the sole assassin have been well publicized. In 1979, after the FBI's "Cointelpro" disruption operations were exposed, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations, under pressure from these exposures … Continue reading Why Was Martin Luther King Murdered?
Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal: Military Courts and Congress
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL In the aftermath of 9/11/01, the Bush administration has announced plans to form, staff, and adjudicate military tribunals to try anyone the U.S. deems a "terrorist." These courts will be presided over by military officers, as will any appeals process, with the final arbiter, either the defense secretary or the president, ending … Continue reading Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal: Military Courts and Congress
Federal Judge Overturns Mumia Death Sentence – Upholds Murder Conviction
By JEFF MACKLER There is no doubt that the Dec. 18, 2001, decision of Federal District Court Judge William H. Yohn Jr. to overturn the 1982 death sentence imposed on the award-winning journalist and human rights fighter Mumia Abu-Jamal was a product of the worldwide movement in his defense. The political price of killing Mumia, … Continue reading Federal Judge Overturns Mumia Death Sentence – Upholds Murder Conviction
Argentina Erupts!
By DAVID TURPIN On Dec. 19 and 20, a spontaneous mass explosion drove Argentine President Fernando de la Rua and his economics minister, Domingo Carvallo, from office. The president had to be evacuated in a helicopter. Demanding bread and work, tens of thousands of demonstrators converged on the Plaza de Mayo in the center of … Continue reading Argentina Erupts!