Vol. 79/No. 41 November 16, 2015
November 16, 1990
A bill passed by the U.S. Congress October 18 banning trade with Cuba by U.S. subsidiary companies based in other countries is a further tightening of Washington’s economic embargo begun 30 years ago.In particular, the bill aims to compound Cuba’s economic problems. Due to cuts in trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Cuba has been forced to broaden its rationing of food and restrict the sale of household items, clothing, and fuel. In addition, the Cuban government has found it necessary to take energy-saving steps because of declining oil imports from the Soviet Union.
Those opposed to U.S. imperialism’s war drive should demand an end to U.S. military, economic, and propaganda aggression against Cuba.
November 15, 1965
NEW YORK — A shocking new case of police victimization and brutalizing of an innocent man has come to light. Santo Sanchez, a Bronx factory worker and father of six, who was held in prison for almost a year after confessing to a murder, was released Nov. 8 and charges against him were dropped.Sanchez’s lawyer, Oscar Gonzales-Suares, charged the “confession” had been beaten out of him. He said that Sanchez was so badly beaten by the cops that he spent six weeks in a prison hospital. He said Sanchez was in good physical condition when he was picked up by the police but was “all bruised up” when he appeared in court the next day. “It was a clear case of police brutality,” the attorney charged.
November 16, 1940
With the third term nailed over his fireside, Roosevelt has returned to Washington to represent American capitalism for another four years. He immediately accelerated his drive toward war, markets, colonies, plunder, regimentation of the labor movement. Wall Street reacted with great activity on the stock exchange, steels, chemicals, and government securities leading.On the home front, Roosevelt launched a drive for “national unity” at the expense of the labor movement to back up the “defense measures.”
Roosevelt indicated that he would push for “unity” between the CIO and the AFL. Pressure from the White House to unite at the expense of industrial unionism is already being felt among the delegates to the two trade union conventions.
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