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Washington was also stuck in internal wrangling. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright wanted the White House to push harder for NATO military action, but Defense Secretary William Cohen balked, fearing air strikes would only embolden the Kosovo Liberation Army, then at the peak of its strength and demanding an independent state, which Washington opposed. Clinton was too distracted to knock bureaucratic heads or force the allies to carry out their threat. The indecision "proved to be a disaster," says a U.S. diplomat. "Milosevic took the measure of the West and decided he could take advantage...
...over Easter that they launched the first-ever strike against the company in the U.S. "Trade unions have never gone after McDonald's because its workforce is so transitory -- it's mostly composed of kids," says TIME correspondent Edward Barnes. But while the nation's sunny economic prospects may embolden service sector labor, the major threat facing McDonald's in the three-day-old strike isn't the emergence of a McUnion; it's bad publicity. Which may be why, despite the microscopic scale of the action, the head office has pledged to resolve the "valid issues" raised...
...Mammon and nostalgia for Mao. Hong Kong poses no graver threat to the powers in Beijing than homegrown forces already at work; the embrace of individual enterprise has forever undermined the basic tenets of communism. The pace and uncertainty of this unique transition frighten as many Chinese as they embolden. Whatever the Chinese are on the way to becoming, they offer this counsel: Naixin. Patience. Xuyao shijian. It takes time...
Defense of the Anti-Klan Three is a vital necessity for the labor movement and all opponents of racist terror. If the police get away with framing up these three fighters against Klan terror, it will further embolden the nightriding fascists in their genocidal aim of a "racially pure" America. It is urgent for all anti-racist fighters to come to the defense of the Anti-Klan Three. To protest this deadly frame-up, join us at the speakout or contact the SYC at (617) 666-9453. Drop all charges against the Anti-Klan Three! --Michael Grant, member...
...past 12 months; Congress has been stalled all year on the McCain-Feingold campaign-reform bill, its most comprehensive attempt to close the loopholes. And the absence of any serious enforcement of the existing laws by the Federal Election Commission is so well known that it continues to embolden Democrats and Republicans to pull their shenanigans...