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Katrina survivors march for justice
August 31, 2007NEW ORLEANS — Undaunted by a tropical downpour, Hurricane Katrina survivors rallied in the Lower Ninth Ward and marched across the Claiborne Street bridge, Aug. 29, chanting, “Justice … now!” They were protesting President Bush’s failure...
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Labor launches drive for universal health care by 2009
August 31, 2007High-quality health care for all Americans moved closer to reality this Labor Day with the 13-million-member AFL-CIO unveiling a major drive to achieve universal health care by 2009. “The out-of-control cost of health care is crippling...
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Wiretapping fight: its not over
August 30, 2007Civil libertarians are demanding that Congress use its September session to undo damage it did to Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights. On Aug. 3-4, the ill-named Protect America Act zoomed through Congress by votes of 60 to...
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Workers of the world unite for health care, pensions and wages
August 30, 2007On Labor Day, Sept. 3, tens of thousands of Southland union members, their families and supporters representing over 50 unions will march together on the streets of Wilmington, Calif., to honor Labor Day, and call attention...
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A Call to Action in Defense of Immigrant Workers Rights
August 29, 2007The August 10 declaration by the Bush administration of a more repressive immigration policy, if put into effect, will create fascist-like conditions for 12 million undocumented workers and their families.
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