Over 75 people gathered July 18 at Book and Books bookstore in Coral Gables,
Florida, for a meeting on “Freedom of Speech in Time of War,” sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union. The program focused on the six-month fight for workers’ rights and freedom of speech by Michael Italie, the 2001 Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of Miami. He and his supporters initiated this fight after his boss, Goodwill Industries of South Florida, fired him from his job as a sewing machine operator for speaking against the U.S. war in Afghanistan and in support of Cuba’s socialist revolution. At the event Italie announced that he had just launched his campaign as Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Congress in the 17th Congressional District in Florida. He is the only candidate running against Democrat Kendrick Meek. In addition to Italie, other speakers included Fred Frost, president of the south Florida AFL-CIO. Max Castro, columnist for the Miami Herald, moderated the event.
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