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Uruguay elects first leftist president
November 5, 2004MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Tabare Vazquez, a former mayor of this capital city, won Uruguay’s presidential election Oct. 31, becoming the nation’s first leftist leader and strengthening a regional shift toward left-leaning governments. With all votes...
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We have our work cut out for us
November 5, 2004Editorial This is a deeply divided country. Out of some 114 million votes, George W. Bush garnered just over 3 million more than John Kerry. Bush will claim a mandate for his extremist agenda. Hell, he...
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No mandate for Bush agenda
November 5, 2004WASHINGTON — Bruised but unbowed by labor’s failure to oust George W. Bush in the Nov. 2 election, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told a news conference here that the movement will “fight like hell” to stop...
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George Harrison, Irish American activist, 89
October 29, 2004A capacity crowd filled the mid-town Manhattan auditorium of SEIU 1199, Oct. 20, to honor the memory of George Harrison, a lifelong Irish Republican, anti-imperialist activist, socialist, and People’s Weekly World supporter. Harrison died on Oct....
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Floridians to vote on minimum wage hike
October 29, 2004On Tuesday, Nov. 2, Florida voters will have the chance to raise wages for over 300,000 minimum wage workers in the state by voting to raise the minimum wage to $6.15 per hour. The Florida Minimum...
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