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Letters
September 2, 2005Wrong from the start Cindy Sheehan is trying to show that the Bush war on Iraq is wrong, and was wrong from the start. This war has absolutely nothing at all to do with American freedom...
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Editorial: 50 years after Emmett Till
September 2, 2005August 28 marked the 50th anniversary of the lynching of Emmett Till in Mississippi. This 14-year-old Chicago youth was abducted, beaten, tortured and shot in the head by racists for “whistling” at a white woman. The...
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Editorial: Labor Day 2005
September 2, 2005Labor Day 2005 Asked in June to take the pulse of his members, neighbors and friends, Ohio autoworker union leader Lloyd McHaffrey replied, “Everybody’s uneasy.” On Labor Day weekend, that mood has shifted from unease to...
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The battle to defend Social Security
September 2, 2005Saving Social Security from privatization will be a major theme at Labor Day celebrations around the country, as members of Congress prepare to head back to Washington. Working people are determined to put Congress on notice...
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Librarians protest Patriot Act
September 2, 2005Commentary A lawsuit filed by an unnamed member of the American Library Association in Connecticut brings out in the open the Bush administration’s efforts to monitor our reading habits under the USA Patriot Act. The suit...
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