Following is a list and brief description of the 19 sections that
make up the electronic version of the nineteenth 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.
- "Workers' Compensation: The Great Betrayal"
by Tom Condit
(page 1)
- "Work to Free Leonard Peltier", by staff
(page 1)
- "Workers' Memorial Day, April 28, 2005", by
staff with cartoon by Gary Huck
(page 1)
- "Voting System Scrutiny to Continue" by Maureen
Smith, "Peace and Freedom Leaders Working for Secure Elections"
and sidebar "The facts on voting machine 'certification and testing'"
by staff, with cartoon by bülbül.
(page 8)
- "An Apology and a Review",
by Mumia Abu-Jamal, reviews Robert Jensen's Citizens of the Empire
(page 2)
- "Latest Developments in the Mumia Abu-Jamal Case",
by Tom Lacey
(page 2)
- "False 'Crisis' in Social Security",
by Randy Silverman
(page 3)
- "Vigilance necessary to protect students from
the press-gangs" looks at military recruiting in schools and the fight
against it, by Kevin Akin, with cartoon by John Jonik
(page 3)
- "For Sale: Oakland Public Schools",
on the state takeover and threatened privatization of public schools in
Oakland, by Marsha Feinland, with cartoon by bülbül
(page 3)
- "2004 Peace and Freedom Party campaigns keep
hope alive" summarizes and analyzes P&F candidates' campaigns in
the November 2004 election, by Kevin Akin,
with box of numeric election results by staff
(page 4 and 5)
- "Had Enough Yet?" analyzes the role of the
Democratic Party in perpetuating imperialism and proposes some alternatives to
defeat capitalism, by J. Kevin Bishop
(page 5)
- "Telling the People's Stories: Campaigning for Vice
President", by Janice Jordan
(page 5)
- "Haiti after the coup",
by Charlie Hinton
(page 6)
- "The Million Worker March",
by Gerald Smith
(page 7)
- "Progressive Party Victories in Vermont",
by Marsha Feinland
(page 7)
- "Around the Peace & Freedom Party" includes brief
reports on P&F activities in newly organized Fresno, Santa Barbara, Tehama and
San Bernardino Counties and on the March 2005 Special Election in Sacramento, together
with the party's local contact information from throughout the state
(page 6)
- "The Undemocratic Nature of the U.S. Senate",
by Dave Kadlecek
(not in the printed version; a differently edited version of this story was
omitted from the election analysis section on pages 4 and 5 due to a
production error)
- stories in coming issues and
"Be a Peace & Freedom PARTISAN", by staff (pages 1 and 8)
- staff box and subscription blank (pages 3 and 7),
and back issue information (not in printed version)