Current Issues
Rally at Capitol: Jobs & Income Now
Hundreds of steelworkers, hotel and restaurant employees and others who have lost their jobs in the deepening recession gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds Dec. 12.
James Jackson: Fighter for Equality, Democracy, Peace and Socialism
James E. Jackson Jr., a leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) for many years, celebrated his 87th birthday Nov. 29.
AFL-CIO Calls for Adding a Million Members
The question of organizing the unorganized topped this years convention agenda and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney minced no words in his call for rededication to the goal of annually adding...
Steelworkers in Life and Death Struggle
Thousands of steelworkers poured into the street in front of the Federal Court House here Dec. 4. The workers were demanding that the bankruptcy court reject a Chapter 7 (liquidation)...
New Violence Wrecks Mideast Peace Hope — Bush Backs Israel Military Strikes
'You cant fight terrorism with the military, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, from Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, told the World Dec. 4. Israel has tried to do that for...