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Labor, community support fired hotel workers
May 11, 2007EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Drumbeats and chants echoed through this city’s upscale shopping hub May 3 as hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the Woodfin Suite Hotel to support 12 immigrant workers unjustly fired after they...
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Lincoln Brigade vets celebrate 71st anniversary
May 11, 2007NEW YORK — Unity against today’s far right and ending the Iraq war were the themes as veterans of the struggle to save the Spanish republic from Francisco Franco’s fascist insurgency gathered with families, friends and...
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Where are their WMDs?
May 11, 2007Movie Review“Offside” is a casual, open-hearted and good natured movie that comes at a great time for Americans who are being subjected to the daily demonization of Iran by U.S. officials. These Iranian actors — boys...
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Petition seeks Nobel Prize for Pete Seeger
May 11, 2007If a pair of Bay Area folksingers and cultural activists have their way, Pete Seeger, the now 88-year-old icon of music for peace and justice, will be nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. For decades,...
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Lying at MIT teaches important lesson
May 11, 2007READERS CORNER Recently, Marilee Jones, MIT’s dean of admissions, was discovered to have lied on her application regarding her educational qualifications. Upon being accused, she resigned from her post, and MIT is planning on replacing her...
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