Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

Opinions

Building social solidarity across national boundaries

     It’s easy to conclude that it’s not. In 1915, as national governments produced the shocking carnage of World War I, Ralph Chaplin, an activist in the Industrial Workers of the World, wrote his stirring song, “Solidarity Forever.” Taken up by unions around the globe, it proclaimed that there was “no power greater anywhere beneath the sun” than international working class solidarity. But, today, despite Chaplin’s dream of bringing to birth “a new world from the ashes of the old,” the world remains sharply divided by national boundaries—boundaries that are usually quite rigid, policed by armed guards, and ultimately enforced through that traditional national standby, war.

Obituaries

McWhite’s Funeral Home Services

DELOATCH Funeral services for the Pamela Evette Knox-Deloatch – 50 were held August 28th at National Church of God. JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Dannette…

Editorials

Voting is suppose to make us whole and equal

     Can crippled Americans be made whole? “Yes we can”! We are not sitting at the gate begging; we are standing in the poll booths making a difference by voting. We do understand that “A voteless people is a hopeless people.” 

Feature

Florida’s Hospitals in Crisis as Dire Nursing Shortages Continue

     For quite some time, Florida has been going through nursing shortages. We have a shortage of nurses and healthcare workers in general and the shortage isn’t anything new. For quite some time, there have been declining numbers of nurses for the state, a state with a large retirement population that needs a lot of care.

Feature

Desperation and Despair in Haiti as Relief Efforts Stall

     “In what is already a challenging time for the people of Haiti, I am saddened by the devastating earthquake that occurred in Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “We send our deepest condolences to all those who lost a loved one or saw their homes and businesses destroyed. I have authorized an immediate U.S. response and named USAID Administrator Samantha Power as the senior U.S. official to coordinate this effort.”