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  • Bush immigration speech not good news

    Bush immigration speech not good news

    June 7, 2006

    Last week, both houses of Congress having passed immigration reform legislation, President Bush spoke on immigration again. Because he called for less “harsh language and unnecessary politics,” the corporate media has interpreted his speech as pro-immigrant....

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  • Cubans jailed in U.S. as spies are hailed at home as heroes

    Cubans jailed in U.S. as spies are hailed at home as heroes

    June 4, 2006

    HAVANA—European tourists here send home postcards with stamps bearing the images of five faces, known simply as los muchachos (the young men) or los cinco (the five). The faces, usually surrounded by billowing Cuban flags, stare...

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  • WHAT’S ON

    WHAT’S ON

    June 2, 2006

    CHICAGO Thursdays, through July 27. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Marxism Reloaded: series of classes on the Marxist world outlook. At Unity Center, 3339 S. Halsted. For info & to register, call Workers Education Society, (773) 446-9925. Thursday,...

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  • The Boss newest goes right with old

    The Boss newest goes right with old

    June 2, 2006

    Sometimes things work best when they’re understated. Bruce Springsteen’s latest album isn’t an antiwar album, it’s not about post-Katrina New Orleans, it’s not a frontal attack on President Bush. But at the same time, it’s all...

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  • Union bricklayer & teacher turn to farming: Family orchards story

    Union bricklayer & teacher turn to farming: Family orchards story

    June 2, 2006

    Nancy Mendenhall’s story begins in 1907 with the decision of her grandparents (and mine) to flee Tacoma’s smog to start a fruit farm irrigated with water pumped from the Columbia River in eastern Washington. Frank M....

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