On October 2nd, Hugo Blanco, ex peasant-leader and ever-present social activist, was arrested on orders of the court of Paruro, and taken to a cell in the court of Cusco. According to Peruvian law, senior citizens over the age of 70 should not be incarcerated. Mr Blanco is 73 years old and has previously suffered a brain hemorrhage.
Bill Banta, 1941-2008
1 October 2008, byBILL BANTA, A member of the Chicago branch and founding member of
Solidarity, died of pancreatic cancer in a Chicago hospice on August
20th. He was 67. Bill was a revolutionary socialist his entire adult
life. Born on February 6, 1941 in Portland, Indiana, he joined the
Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL) as an undergraduate at Indiana
University.
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