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N.Y.s Hudson Valley seen as Congress battlefield
April 29, 2006The prospect of toppling two GOP House members in New York’s Hudson Valley has Democrats, peace activists and progressives coming together, aware that 2006 can end the Bush administration’s control of Congress. A combination of Bush’s...
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Labor boosts peace rally
April 29, 2006PHILADELPHIA — “New York peace rally drawing broad labor support” reads the headline of a story on the web site of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America. According to the article, the CWA executive board voted...
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Immigrant rights forces keep up the heat
April 29, 2006The continuing mass upsurge for immigrant rights, with hundreds of May 1 demonstrations being organized nationwide, drew a reaction from the Bush administration last week. Nationwide raids by the Department of Homeland Security on April 19-20...
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High gas prices linked to oily White House
April 29, 2006WASHINGTON — Hustling to contain voter outrage over gas prices ratcheting up over $3 a gallon in an election year, President George W. Bush ordered the Justice Department to investigate price fixing. He also suspended environmental...
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Immigration raids escalate fight over rights
April 28, 2006Supporters of immigrant rights are reacting with anger to last week’s large-scale immigration raids, and calling for all raids and deportations to be stopped and for legislation legalizing undocumented workers to be supported. On April 19...
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