State and Local Labor Leaders Call for ‘Unity on the Ground’
More than 125 state and local labor leaders have urged presidents of Change to Win unions to drop a plan that threatens to shred union movement unity in states and communities.
Single-payer Health Care Bill Gains Union Support
A bill establishing a government-run Canadian style single-payer health care system for the U.S., built on Medicare, is gaining union backers.
Bush Regime Hypocrisy on Darfur Genocide
It was wonderful to behold tens of thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to demand an end to the genocide in Darfur, in the western Sudan.
Rich-Poor Gap Widens
For poor people, the answer is clear: Essentially none of this wealth has come their way. Adjusted for inflation, the tenth percentile of after-tax family income is almost exactly the same today as it was in 1979...
Two million march in LA for amnesty and equality
On May Day immigrants and their supporters filled the streets of Los Angeles twice in one day -- a huge march downtown, and another through the Wilshire district's Miracle Mile.
Social Security Report—The Sky Is Not Falling
While acting sooner rather than later will help reduce the size of the eventual adjustments, the trustees’ report indicates that Social Security does not face a deep structural crisis requiring drastic changes.
Germany: Left Party Congress Meets
The congress took place in an optimistic mood caused by the marvellous result achieved in the national elections in September 2005, the successful start of work of the 53 member strong parliamentary group 'The Left.'
CHAD: Nervous residents flee capital as election day looms
Residents fear a rerun of a rebel dawn attack on the capital last month that left 300 dead and injured... In the last national election in June 2005 just 30 percent of Chadians turned out to vote.
IRAQ: On World Press Freedom Day, local journalists lament media suppression
Local journalists point to the recent jailing of journalists in the northern Kurdish region. There on 1 May, a court jailed two newspaper editors who recently published stories critical of the regional government in local newspapers.
Australian Occupation of the Solomon Islands: Democracy is on the streets of Honiara
We congratulate the people of the Solomon Islands and those opposition parliamentarians who brought about the defeat of a corrupt government which was supported by foreign money and foreign military and police forces.
