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(04/10/02 6:00am)
Each year the FBI issues its Crime in the United States Report,
which documents murder, robbery, assault and other street crimes.
They don't, however, publish a yearly report of corporate crime
committed in the United States. Most corporate crimes and violence
go undetected because, unlike other criminal groups in the United
States, major corporations have enough power to define the laws
under which they are held accountable.
(04/03/02 6:00am)
Immigration advocates were dealt a major blow March 27. The
basic human rights allotted to all workers in the United States
were stripped away from undocumented immigrants. The U.S. Supreme
Court decided that undocumented workers do not have the right to
free association in unions or protection against employers that
violate labor laws. In a 5-4 decision, the court set the precedent
that if a business fires a worker for union activities, or anything
else for that matter, an undocumented worker is not entitled to
equal protection under the law.
(03/20/02 6:00am)
The integration of the European economy under the umbrella of
the European Union has been a strenuous process. Almost every
European Summit has been marred by protests and public discontent
on the streets, leaving the prospects for a new Europe in question.
Just last weekend, more than 300,000 people in Barcelona, Spain
demonstrated against the EU Summit. The turnout was marked by the
largest anti-corporate globalization protests in an industrialized
country.
(03/13/02 6:00am)
Every year on March 8, people around the world celebrate
International Women's Day. Last year, women in Uganda marched for
three days to celebrate with women globally. In India, 5,000 women
held a demonstration at the country's capital. In Peru, domestic
workers marched with trade unionists, and in Argentina, hundreds of
housewives demonstrated. In Spain, thousands gathered in
Barcelona's central square for a two-hour strike, and women in
Ireland picketed.
(03/06/02 6:00am)
Prepare for a media merger frenzy. Feb. 19, a federal court
delivered a severe blow to free speech and a major victory to
mammoth media corporations. The decision overturned a long-standing
rule that prohibited a single company from owning both a broadcast
station and a cable channel in the same city. Also, a Federal
Communications Commission rule that prevents any company from
owning more than 35 percent of the national TV audience was put
into serious question.
(02/27/02 6:00am)
Legislators in Washington want us to believe that everyone is
facing the brunt of the economic downturn and that tough times are
ahead for all Americans. Time and time again we hear the White
House and Congress speak of sacrifice and perseverance in times of
turmoil and how Americans are fit for the test. However, this
notion of patriotic sacrifice has not been applied to the
wealthiest of Americans. The fact is that the rich are just getting
richer, thanks to tax cuts.
(02/20/02 6:00am)
The governor's race is just about to heat up. Last Wednesday, I
had the opportunity to talk with Wisconsin's most interesting
candidate, Ed Thompson. Ed is the brother of Tommy Thompson, the
former Republican governor of Wisconsin. However, this Thompson is
more like a Russ Feingold reform populist, running on a Libertarian
ticket.
(02/13/02 6:00am)
Governor Scott McCallum's budget proposal is a disaster for
workers in Wisconsin. The governor has proposed a hiring freeze for
state jobs, and many Democrats in the state legislature are going
along with the plan. The state hiring freeze is being touted by
some as good fiscal policy, but public service employees are
angry.
(02/06/02 6:00am)
The Bush White House released its $2.13 trillion budget Tuesday.
President Bush's plan weakens America's public infrastructure while
further bloating corporate welfare payouts. Bush's budget sends the
government into the red for the first time in four years, with a
$106 billion deficit this year alone. The White House wants you to
believe that Sept. 11 is the cause of the budget shortfall, but the
real culprit is Republican tax cuts totaling $501 billion dollars.
The vast majority of these tax benefits will singularly profit
corporations and upper-income families.
(01/30/02 6:00am)
With the war in Afghanistan seemingly over, the White House
might now release the full wrath of its military monster onto the
impoverished people of Iraq. Actually, the United States never
stopped bombing Iraq after the Gulf War. Since Jan. 17, 1991, the
United States has dropped the equivalent of seven nuclear bombs on
Iraq. On the first day alone, the onslaught included 300 tons of
depleted uranium shells, plus internationally banned radiological,
biological and chemical weapons.
(01/18/02 6:00am)
Argentina is on the brink of collapse. There are nightly food
riots throughout the country and five presidents have left office
since December. After four years of recession, 18 percent of
Argentineans are unemployed and 15 million people are living on
less than $3 per day.
(12/05/01 6:00am)
As the semester comes to an end, the Multicultural Student
Coalition will receive a break from the continual criticism rolling
out of campus press editorials. Not a week went by without the
Multicultural Student Coalition hearing that it was a drain on
student tuition or abusing the segregated-fees system. So-called
\fiscal conservatives"" ranted on and on about how the MCSC is
taking advantage of majority students on campus. One of the most
offensive criticisms against the MCSC was that it serves only
minority special interests and the rest of the student body (mostly
white) should revolt.
(11/28/01 6:00am)
A summary of the goals of UW-Madison is found on the cover of
The Daily Cardinal: \The great state University of Wisconsin should
ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by
which alone the truth can be found."" Through searching for the
truth, the university serves the larger Wisconsin public, but this
university has not been honest about its relationship with the
sweatshop industry.
(11/14/01 6:00am)
Last week, United States trade delegates arrived in the Persian
Gulf state of Qatar. They met with trade ministers from around the
world to decide the rules that will determine the future of the
global economy. These representatives were given anti-anthrax Cipro
pills, flown by military helicopters to aircraft carriers parked in
the Persian Gulf and rushed inside the World Trade Organization
meetings with gas masks to avoid any bioterrorist attacks during
the very controversial trade talks.
(11/07/01 6:00am)
Media critic A.J. Liebling once said, \Freedom of the press is
guaranteed only to those who own one."" The actions of top media
CEOs in recent weeks have verified this statement.
(11/01/01 6:00am)
As fascination centers on anthrax and bombing abroad, hardly
anyone has paid attention to the biggest threat to the American
public. Corporations are running away with the public's money and
government leaders are willfully doling out the checks. Americans
are more at risk of losing their jobs than they are of a terrorist
attack. Poverty and homelessness plague our nation's streets, yet
there is always enough money to give a corporation an extra
million.
(10/24/01 6:00am)
As dead bodies continue to be pulled from the rubble in New
York, the burned and broken bodies of a family were pulled from the
rubble that once was their home in Afghanistan. These eight people
were burned alive when several U.S. cruise missiles smashed into
their village.
(10/17/01 6:00am)
Tuition is outrageously expensive at UW-Madison. State lawmakers
have chosen to give tax breaks to corporations rather than directly
address rising tuition. Earlier this month the Wisconsin Assembly
passed a token financial aid bill. Its idea of helping students
includes an estimated $11.9 million in corporate tax breaks.
Assembly Bill 320 is touted as an incentive for corporations to pay
for some of their employees' tuition, but the public's money should
have been used to directly increase financial aid.
(10/10/01 6:00am)
This week the United States began a campaign of airstrikes
against Afghanistan. President Bush ignored the pleas made by
Muslim and Arab leaders throughout the Middle East to find a
peaceful solution.
(09/26/01 6:00am)
'Either you are with us or you're with the terrorists.' When
President Bush spoke these words, he effectively issued an
executive order: Stand behind his political leadership because
failure to do so would be tantamount to treason. It's chilling to
hear the worldwide representative of the United States utter a
statement undermining the very foundations of our political
democracy, namely the freedom to dissent.