Text version of the Militant, a socialist newspaper
Striking Los Angeles bus drivers win support Reach out to passengers, unionists to defend public transport   Strikes, protests engulf Yugoslavia   Palestinians face brutal Israeli crackdown   Marchers in Omaha back union drive at ConAgra   Radio interviews socialist candidate James Harris   Bush, Gore defend oil giants, scapegoat OPEC   Overall sales chart A socialist newsweekly published in the interests of working people Vol. 64/No. 39October 16, 2000   State backs off plan to build prison on farmers' land, searches for new site Militant/Betsey Stone Basu at his farm in Pembroke Township, an overwhelmingly Black rural community 60 miles south of Chicago, shows where the Illinois government planned to build a new prison. The state government has canceled its plans, alleging the land is too costly. For the past year, area farmers and other residents have waged a campaign against the prison. The protests included a series of meetings and lawsuits challenging the firing of Pamela Basu, his wife, from her job as Hopkins Park's treasurer as well as the town's violation of state open meeting laws. State officials are considering other sites in Pembroke Township.       Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home