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Chvez: the U.S. people are indispensable
February 3, 2006CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez told a packed crowd at the Poliedro Stadium here, “The people of the United States are indispensable to saving to world, united with the peoples of Latin America and...
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Ford workers run over by profit drive. Communities will be devastated
February 3, 2006HAZELWOOD, Mo. — Over 1,900 Ford employees here will soon be out of a job. As part of a broad restructuring effort, dubbed ‘Way Forward,’ Ford Motor Company plans to idle production and begin laying off...
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State of the Union: On the wrong track Bush speech pushes war, ignores poverty, joblessness
February 3, 2006Peace activist Cindy Sheehan had a special vantage point for the State of the Union address Jan. 31. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) had given her a ticket for a gallery seat. But she never got to...
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What really happened at the State of the Union
February 2, 2006As most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before the State of the Union Address tonight. I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we have lost in our...
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Colonial exploitation and the rape of the Congo
January 31, 2006Movie Review Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Peter Bate, director, 2004, Belgium/UK ArtMattan Productions (U.S. distributor) 100 min., English/French/Dutch with English subtitles An African proverb reminds us “Until the lions have their historians, tales...
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