Year: 2005
Latin America shows the way forward
August 1, 2005
Latin America shows the way forward
Popular upsurge is sweeping Latin America. The people of numerous countries in Latin America have forcefully rejected the neoliberal economic…
General Motors takes aim at workers
August 1, 2005
General Motors takes aim at workers
On May 5, the General Motors Corporation and the Ford Motor Company had their bond ratings drop to “junk” status.…
Agent Orange still poisons Vietnam
August 1, 2005
Agent Orange still poisons Vietnam
In one sense, the government and people of socialist Vietnam have left the “American War” far behind them in the…
Actions against U.S. nuclear stockpile
August 1, 2005
Actions against U.S. nuclear stockpile
On August 6, the Los Alamos Study Group and other progressive organizations will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima…
Why the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs
August 1, 2005
Why the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs
August 6 and 9 of this year mark the 60th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Numerous…
A token admission of centuries of racist terror
August 1, 2005
A token admission of centuries of racist terror
On June 21, a Mississippi jury convicted former preacher and KKK member Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter in the 1964…
The meaningless apology on lynching
August 1, 2005
The meaningless apology on lynching
On June 13, the United States Senate approved by voice vote an apology for refusing to outlaw lynching. The following…
New gains for the ‘Angola 3’
August 1, 2005
New gains for the ‘Angola 3’
In June, the Angola 3 received news of a favorable ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the…
Mumia supporters take action
August 1, 2005
Mumia supporters take action
The case of revolutionary African American journalist and death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal demonstrates the lengths to which the ruling…
The 1965 Watts rebellion
August 1, 2005
The 1965 Watts rebellion
With the 40th anniversary of the Watts rebellion upon us, many still point to the arrests of Marquette, Rena and…