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Lumpkin, Saint of Chicago, feted at 90
October 21, 2006CHICAGO — “We look forward to celebrating Frank’s 180th birthday,” declared Scott Marshall, labor secretary of the Communist Party and friend of Frank Lumpkin, who was celebrating his 90th birthday with family, friends and comrades at...
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Report: 655,000 Iraqis dead
October 21, 2006A new study by U.S. and Iraqi public health doctors estimates that approximately 600,000 Iraqis have been killed in the violence that the U.S. unleashed with its March 2003 invasion. An additional estimated 55,000 deaths from...
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Its about turnout, turnout, turnout
October 21, 2006Door-knockers urge big drive to get out the votePITTSBURGH — It’s about “turnout, turnout, turnout,” says gravelly voiced Allegheny County Labor Council President Jack Shea, speaking from a cell phone on his way to another worksite...
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Jarvis Tyner: A Tireless Fighter for Race, Class and Socialist Revolution
October 18, 2006One of the most prominent and influential leaders of the American left will begin a speaking tour of Britain next week, during what is appropriately Black History Month. Jarvis Tyner has been a tireless fighter for...
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Chicago film fest mixes glitz and reel life
October 18, 2006CHICAGO — With Spike Lee hosting a ceremony honoring Ruby Dee and Dustin Hoffman here for his new movie “Stranger than Fiction,” along with 98 features, 14 documentaries, 34 short films, all representing 38 countries with...
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