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Grace Bassett: foot soldier for justice
February 17, 2006Approaching 90, Grace Bassett, a lifelong activist for African American equality, is going strong. Like anyone her age, she has seen many changes, but Bassett, perhaps more than most, has taken an active part in shaping...
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Upsurge defends immigrant rights. Movement focuses on Senate
February 17, 2006RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Republican leadership of the U.S. Senate has indicated that floor debate on landmark changes in immigration policy will begin the week of March 27. But the debate will get under way weeks...
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Hunger strikers tortured at Guantanamo. UN report calls for closing U.S. prison
February 17, 2006WASHINGTON — Grisly details of torture of detainees at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are revealed in a new UN report, not yet released. The torture includes jamming feeding tubes up the nostrils...
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Hotel flap reveals imperialist essence of U.S. relationship to Mexico
February 14, 2006A storm is raging in Mexico over extraterritorial rights claimed by the United States. On Feb. 3, 16 Cuban oil industry officials were thrown out of the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in downtown Mexico City, the...
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WHAT’S ON
February 11, 2006CHICAGO March 31, Fri., 1:30 p.m. Jane Finder memorial luncheon. Jane was a retired CPL librarian, CLUW member, longtime Modern Bookstore volunteer, & member of Rogers Park club CPUSA. At Unity Center, 3339 S. Halsted St....
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