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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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WHAT’S ON
August 25, 2007BERKELEY May 3, Sat., café 7 p.m., cabaret 8 p.m. The Bolshevik Café: Music, stand-up comedy, & spoken word plus display: 50 years of political posters, t-shirts & other left memorabilia. Put the social in socialism,...
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Texas Set to Execute Innocent Man on August 30
August 25, 2007SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—Kenneth Foster, Jr., whose adopted name is Haramia KiNassor, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on August 30 for a crime he did not commit. Foster grew up here in San Antonio,...
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WORLD NOTES: August 25
August 24, 2007Myanmar: Red Cross condemns human rights abuses The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued a report recently criticizing the military government of Myanmar (Burma) for abusing civilians and detainees and violating international humanitarian laws....
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CARE assails U.S. food program
August 24, 2007The charity organization CARE has announced that after 2009 it will no longer accept U.S.-donated food aid to Africa. The announcement has caused a stir among food aid agencies and spotlighted a festering controversy, especially in...
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