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  • Canadas Communists seek election reforms

    Canadas Communists seek election reforms

    February 2, 2007

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia — As part of its ongoing campaign for electoral reform, the Communist Party of Canada is asking election authorities to allocate more free television advertising time to small parties. According to the CPC,...

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  • Ann Soyka Taylor, a feisty fighter for justice, 90

    Ann Soyka Taylor, a feisty fighter for justice, 90

    February 2, 2007

    Ann Soyka Taylor died Dec. 19 in New Haven, Conn., shortly after her 90th birthday. Taylor was born Dec. 9, 1916 in New Haven, the daughter of working-class Ukrainian immigrants. Her mother cleaned rooms at the...

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  • Singing bus riders for peace

    Singing bus riders for peace

    February 2, 2007

    Dave Martin, left, of the Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Church and Margaret Nelson sing, “Let peace prevail, got to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, can’t afford the cost of war. Let us try what love can...

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  • Foxs 24 fans far-right propaganda

    Foxs 24 fans far-right propaganda

    February 2, 2007

    The Fox Television Network series “24” is an incredibly brazen example of the ultra-right-wing’s use of that medium to spread fear to win support for its political agenda and for President Bush. In its four-hour, two-night...

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  • Beautiful films

    Beautiful films

    February 2, 2007

    Some of the world’s most beautiful humanist films have been made in a country demonized by Western media. “Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution” is a penetrating study of the history of Iran, the world’s first Islamic Republic,...

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