Following is a list and brief description of the 18 sections that
make up the electronic version of the eighteenth issue of the
Partisan,
the newspaper of the California
Peace and Freedom Party.
The locations of the contents in the printed version,
which also includes graphics that we do not attempt to reproduce
here, are in parentheses.
- "Which will it be -- Our health of their wealth?"
discusses health care issues and the grocery strike, by Dave Kadlecek with photos by
Ron Hoffman
(pages 1 and 4)
- "The world STILL Says No to War", info on the
March 20th global day of action, by staff
(page 8)
- "Where your income tax money really goes:
Fiscal year 2005" War Resisters League chart on federal budget, by staff
(page 8)
- "Vote YES on Proposition 56 -- Make a People's
Budget Possible" explains P&F
support for this measure, by C.T. Weber
(page 4)
- "Vote NO on Propositions 57 and 58", explains
P&F opposition to this measure,
by Bob Evans
(page 4)
- "Peace and Freedom Party 2004 Presidential
Preference Primary", information on candidates Leonard Peltier and
Walt F. Brown, by staff
(page 5)
- "Democracy, Dictatorships & Empire",
by Mumia Abu-Jamal, analyzes the history of U.S. imperial interventions
(page 2)
- "Let's have some real workers' comp reform, not
another insurance scam", by staff
(page 2)
- "Distorting science to hide inequality" on
political revisions of government-sponsored scientific reports,
by Margie Akin, Ph.D.
(page 2)
- "Let's get the whole pie for all of us"
discusses education and taxes, by Marsha Feinland
(page 3)
- "Protest Hits Schwarzenegger's Proposed Cuts
In Services to the Elderly and Disabled" covers January 6th protest
and the issues behind it, by Steve Argue
(page 3)
- "Fix the schools now? Of course! Pass yet another
bond? Of course not!" explains the issues involved in Proposition
55 and why P&F didn't take a position on it, by staff
(page 4)
- "Bush Plays with Fire: Launching a Dangerous
Space Policy" looks at threats of space militarization,
by Bruce Gagnon
(page 7)
- "Weber runs a principled campaign in the gubernatorial
recall race" looks at the results of the October recall election, by staff
(page 6)
- "In the Streets with the Homeless in L.A." reports
on the activity of L.A. CAN/DWAC, by staff
(page 6)
- "Around the Peace & Freedom Party" includes brief
reports on P&F candidates for public office, together with the party's
local contact information from throughout the state
(page 6)
- ad for Peace and Freedom Party bumper sticker, registration
pitch, and "Be a Peace & Freedom PARTISAN", by staff (pages 1, 7 and 8)
- staff box and subscription blank (pages 2 and 7),
and back issue information (not in printed version)