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  • California: Frozen voter funds hit

    California: Frozen voter funds hit

    September 24, 2004

    On Sept. 17, the Schwarz-enegger administration rejected California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley’s request for release of over $25 million in federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds in preparation for the November election. The announcement...

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  • Coast-to-coast actions for immigrant rights

    Coast-to-coast actions for immigrant rights

    September 24, 2004

    On the occasion of the first anniversary of the historic Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, which reached 101 cities and culminated in a rally and Lobby Day in Washington and a rally of 200,000 in New York...

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  • Bushs ownership society: No taxes for owners, only workers

    Bushs ownership society: No taxes for owners, only workers

    September 24, 2004 By Mark Weisbrot

    “When you hear them say, tax the rich, be careful,” warned George W. Bush in a speech Sept. 16. “The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason, because they don’t want to pay. And you...

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  • Haymarket landmark finally established

    Haymarket landmark finally established

    September 24, 2004

    CHICAGO — The Teamsters trucked it up from downstate. The Chicago Federation of Labor had lobbied for the funding from the state of Illinois. The Illinois Labor History Society campaigned tirelessly for it.

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  • International notes

    International notes

    September 24, 2004

    Okinawa: Demonstrators protest copter crash A Sept. 12 demonstration brought some 30,000 protesters into the streets, a month after a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into a building at Okinawa State University. It was the prefecture’s largest...

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