Year: 2006

Milton Friedman: Ideologue of capitalist ‘freedom’

Milton Friedman: Ideologue of capitalist ‘freedom’

Working-class and oppressed people are not likely to mourn the death on Nov. 16 of Milton Friedman (1912-2006). He is…
Politicians fiddle, Iraq burns

Politicians fiddle, Iraq burns

In 1970, Henry Kissinger chaired the Vietnam War’s version of the Iraq Study Group (ISG). Its name was virtually the…
Immigrant workers reinstated at Smithfield

Immigrant workers reinstated at Smithfield

On Nov. 16, over 1,000 North Carolina meat packers stopped work and walked out of the largest pork processing plant…
Interview with Cuban Five attorney Leonard Weinglass

Interview with Cuban Five attorney Leonard Weinglass

New briefs have just been filed in the appeals of the convictions of the Cuban Five. Gloria La Riva, coordinator…
Striking janitors win contract in Houston

Striking janitors win contract in Houston

On Nov. 20, 5,300 Houston janitors won a contract battle against five large cleaning companies. Janitors waged a month-long, militant…
Atlanta police kill 92-year-old Black woman in her home

Atlanta police kill 92-year-old Black woman in her home

On Nov. 22, narcotics police broke down the door of Kathryn Johnston’s home located in a working-class, African American neighborhood…
Massive pro-Chávez rally in Caracas

Massive pro-Chávez rally in Caracas

This article first appeared in the Cuban newspaper Granma. The largest gathering in the history of Venezuela took place Sunday…
How does New York mayor Michael Bloomberg make $1 billion per year?

How does New York mayor Michael Bloomberg make $1 billion per year?

On Nov. 21, the New York Sun revealed that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s net worth could be as…
Oakland airport workers demand union rights

Oakland airport workers demand union rights

On Wed., Nov. 22, over 200 hundred people picketed at the Oakland International Airport demanding justice for the airport workers.…
Racist New York cops kill groom on wedding day, fire 50 shots

Racist New York cops kill groom on wedding day, fire 50 shots

In yet another racist police atrocity in New York City, three young, Black men were brutally attacked and shot 50…
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