Text version of the Militant, a socialist newspaper
Western coal miners: 'No 12 hours! We win! UMWA strikers beat back concessions, ratify contracts   86,000 phone workers strike   Protests in Peru mark Fujimori inauguration   Minnesota meat packers defend their new union Militant/Perspectiva Mundial fund launched   German bosses seek to catch up with U.S. rivals   A socialist newsweekly published in the interests of working people Vol. 64/No. 32August 21, 2000   Calendar   August 26 national march to protest cop brutality The "Redeem the Dream" demonstration, marking the 37th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, was initiated by Alfred Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, and Martin Luther King III, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The march, to be held at the Lincoln Memorial, will demand "action by the White House and Congress to penalize offenders of racial profiling and police brutality," according to a fact sheet distributed by the National Action Network. Other Black rights organizations that have endorsed the demonstration besides the SCLC include the NAACP, National Urban League, National Council for Negro Women, and Rainbow Coalition. For more information about the event, call 1-877-9-REDEEM.     One Year of Solidarity Join the locked-out members of United Steelworkers of America Local 169 at a rally to mark: "One Year of Solidarity" standing up against AK Steel's corporate greed. September 9, 12 noon, Town Square of Mansfield, Ohio Speakers, food, and refreshments. For more information call Local 169 --(419) 522-9375       Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home