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Human Rights Week around the nation
December 16, 2005What follows is but a small sampling of the scores of actions that took place across the country the week of Dec. 3-10. Look to “Online Extra” on the PWW’s web page, www.pww.org, for additional reports....
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Berkeley honors longtime City Councilmember
December 16, 2005BERKELEY, Calif. — It was like a big, loving family reunion as community leaders and activists streamed into St. Paul AME Church Dec. 10 to pay tribute to Maudelle Shirek, now 94, who left the City...
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Young progressive elected to Calif. school board
December 16, 2005As California rejected its governor’s anti-labor propositions in November, Shane Brinton, a student at College of the Redwoods and member of the Young Communist League, was elected to the Northern Humboldt Union High School Board. The...
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Aussie CP hits racism
December 16, 2005In the wake of several days of rioting that involved thousands of white youths attacking people of Middle Eastern descent in suburban Sydney and at least two other Australian cities, the Communist Party of Australia issued...
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A Cuban tribute to New Orleans: New composition is powerful musical prayer
December 16, 2005HAVANA — Legendary jazz pianist Chucho Valdés pays tribute to the people and music of New Orleans in a new composition titled “Canto a Dios” or “Song to God.” The world-renowned musician said he wrote his...
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