~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 128 …. July 23, 2008 ______________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 124 …. July 14, 2008 ______________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

Windsor Star July 12, 2008

As he wrestled with the gut-wrenching prospect of leaving his beloved hometown to take over the job of leading Canada’s largest private-sector union, CAW Local 444 president Ken Lewenza’s longtime friend and mentor, Gary Parent, offered this suggestion: (Keep reading…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 122 …. July 10, 2008 ______________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 117 …. June 23, 2008 ______________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

TruthOut June 15, 2008 http://www.truthout.org/article/how-do-you-say-justice-mixteco

FRESNO, CA (6/15/08) — Erasto Vasquez was surprised to see a forklift appear one morning outside his trailer near the corner of East and Springfield, two small rural roads deep in the grapevines ten miles southwest of Fresno. He and his neighbors pleaded with the driver, but to no avail. The machine uprooted the fence Vasquez had built around his home, and left it smashed in the dirt. Then the forklift’s metal tines lifted the side of one trailer high into the air. It groaned and tipped over, with a family’s possessions still inside. (Keep reading…)

~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin May 20, 2008

In July 2005, over 170 Palestinian organizations urged the world to adopt a campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel in the manner of South Africa Apartheid. This call was signed by all the main Palestinian trade union federations, as well as refugee, women and student organizations from across Palestine and the Arab world. It represented the broadest political statement in Palestinian history, precipitating a powerful global solidarity campaign that has grown dramatically over the last few years. (Keep reading…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 109 …. May 23, 2008 _____________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

Vancouver Sun
May 22, 2008

The results of the 2006 census on income were recently published and produced screaming headlines about the enormous wage decline in Canada over the past 25 years. The income gap between rich and poor is widening, immigrant incomes are plummeting and young people entering the labour market are earning less than their parents a generation ago. (Keep reading…)

Financial Post
May 9, 2008

When lawmakers were busy sketching out the details of the North American Free Trade agreement in 1988, Buzz Hargrove, then assistant to Canadian Auto Workers president Bob White, said the union would “fight like hell” against lower U.S. wages and benefits that could creep into Canada. (Keep reading…)