Apr 3, 2004

On the one-year anniversary of her husband’s death in Iraq, the widow of Army Specialist James Kiehl, 22, who was killed in the attack in which Pvt. Jessica Lynch was captured, accused President Bush of “lying to America.”

Muttering into a microphone he thought was off, John Kerry called the Bush administration “the most crooked, lying group I have ever seen.” click here for Spanish text

SACRAMENTO – In an emotional ceremony followed by the playing of taps, members of Veterans for Peace unveiled a graphic, oversized “Iraq War Memorial Wall” next to the Vietnam War Memorial at the California State Capitol on March 21.

Who decides? Women or the government? That’s the question. Who gets to make the choice for a woman whether she has a child or not?

SAN FRANCISCO – Over 1,000 members of the United Farm Workers (UFW), other unionists and supporters marched to Civic Center Plaza here March 28 to celebrate the life and work of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. click here for Spanish text

OAKLAND, Calif. – Merritt College, a community college with a long history of engagement in people’s struggles, was the site Feb. 18 for Oakland’s “unveiling” of the Black Heritage series stamp honoring civil rights and civil liberties hero Paul Robeson.

APPLETON, Wis.:Protesters vow to ‘disappear’ Bush / WASHINGTON: Students arrested for defending worker rights / BROOKLYN, N.Y.: Profits from slavery challenged / BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: NAACP to register new voters / SILVER SPRING, Md.: Peace Action says defeat Bush / WASHINGTON: Bush legalizes firing gays

BUFFALO, N.Y. – As the deadline for New York’s 2004-5 budget approaches, education rights activists are demanding the state find money to comply with last year’s ruling that every child be provided with a “meaningful high school education.”

WASHINGTON (PAI) – The average worker affected by the Bush administration’s new overtime regulations earns $51,000-$55,000 yearly, including overtime, or around $1,000 a week, according to the Economic Policy Institute. With overtime pay at a little more than one-fourth of the worker’s earnings, he or she would lose $256 weekly, EPI adds.

A resolution at the United Nations condemning the Israeli government’s extrajudicial assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was defeated in the Security Council on March 25 as a result of a U.S. veto, prompting many Palestinians to charge that Washington was giving a green light to Israel’s policy of “targeted killings.”