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Vol. 72/No. 23      June 9, 2008

 
Letters
 
May Day in Honduras
I spent May 1 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, which is the industrial center of the country. Thousands of unionized workers, peasants, and fighters for women’s rights marched 2.5 miles to demand agrarian reform, an end to the violence against women, no to privatization of industry, and water rights. There were banners demanding an increase in wages to offset the higher cost of living.

I also attended a meeting to build the march a few days before. I was able to take the floor and explain the revival of May Day in the United States being driven by millions of immigrant workers demanding legalization.

John Langford
Park City, Utah

Sean Bell
Recently, all police officers implicated in the ruthless murder of Sean Bell have been acquitted. This comes as no surprise, as the capitalist system protects its own. Working people can show solidarity by getting involved in the various demonstrations against this act of brutality.

Walter Smolarek
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bridge collapse
Last year the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis collapsed. Nearly a year later, a report concludes it was a “design error.” This is false. They knew for 17 years that the bridge was in poor condition, as a result 13 people died and 145 were injured. The government officials responsible should be tried for murder.

Tom Bauman
New York, New York

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