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U.S. vets, Koreans: End Korean War finally
August 18, 2006Korean Americans at the Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle, Aug. 11, made an impassioned plea for solidarity with the embattled farmers of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, who are being evicted to make way for a vast...
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Community supports Hotel Workers Rising
August 18, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Over 50 union representatives, ministers, community leaders and local elected officials met here Aug. 9 to begin organizing local support for Unite Here and its Hotel Workers Rising campaign. Half the recent increase...
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Poet Sanchez to be missed
August 18, 2006SAN ANTONIO — Chicano activist and poet Trinidad Sanchez Jr. passed away at age 63 on July 30 as a consequence of two strokes suffered 12 days earlier. Sanchez was best known for his poem “Why...
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BOOKREVIEW: Failed States
August 18, 2006Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy By Noam Chomsky Henry Holt and Co. Metropolitan Books Hardcover, 320 pages, $24.00 A “failed state” is a condition of state dilapidation, when a state...
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Town, migrant workers celebrate diversity
August 18, 2006RANTOUL, Ill. — Over a hundred people enjoyed culture and community at the 2nd Annual Rantoul Harvest Festival in this central Illinois town, Aug. 6 — a celebration of the town’s diverse population and its migrant...
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