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  • VOTE Nov. 2! Problems? Call Election Protection 1-866-OUR-VOTE

    VOTE Nov. 2! Problems? Call Election Protection 1-866-OUR-VOTE

    October 29, 2004 By Wally Kaufman

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 1,000 union members marched on the offices of Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, Oct. 25, to demand that he protect the rights of 700,000 newly registered Ohio voters threatened...

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  • Ballot measures to spur turnout

    Ballot measures to spur turnout

    October 23, 2004

    Karl Rove didn’t miss a trick in his schemes to contrive a Bush victory for president. One tactic is ballot initiatives prohibiting gay marriage, with the goal of splitting Democrats and consolidating the right-wing Republican base....

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  • Turtles & Teamsters, 2004

    Turtles & Teamsters, 2004

    October 23, 2004

    GRASSROOTS POWER The League of Conservation Voters has been going door to door for John Kerry in the suburbs near Milwaukee, Wis. The environmental group gave the president an “F,” the first failing grade for a...

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  • Bill Gerson, math teacher and activist, 65

    Bill Gerson, math teacher and activist, 65

    October 23, 2004

    William (Bill) Gerson, 65, a mathematics professor at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC), who wrote for the Daily World, predecessor of the People’s Weekly World, died of cancer Oct. 4 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in...

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  • The insanity rap

    The insanity rap

    October 23, 2004

    The insanity rap Hip Hop! Be Bop! Push Bush out the door, in the year 2004! Get out the vote! That’s my quote Lies Lies — Blah Blah Lies Yakity Yak Blah Blah Blah Blah! Doubletalk...

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