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UN group faults U.S. on Cuban 5
July 22, 2005An agency of the UN Human Rights Commission recently criticized the U.S. government’s handling of the case of the Cuban Five, five men arrested in Miami in September 1998 on various charges, including, in three cases,...
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Congress caves in to right wing on Cuba travel
July 22, 2005In a noteworthy turnabout, the House of Representatives rejected several measures on June 29 that would have eased some of the Bush administration’s restrictions on travel to Cuba. Rep. Jim Davis (D-Fla.) had proposed an amendment...
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South African Communists continue the struggle
July 22, 2005CHICAGO — Ben Dikobe Martins represented the South African Communist Party at the 28th National Convention of Communist Party USA here, July 1-3. Martins is a senior leader of the SACP and an elected member of...
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Maxine Waters featured at Downing St. memo town hall
July 22, 2005Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a prominent voice calling for the Bush administration to end the war in Iraq, is the featured speaker at a town hall meeting and teach-in on the third anniversary of the Downing...
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Calif. gov cuts mag ties, but concerns remain
July 22, 2005Responding to widespread criticism, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week cut his financial ties to bodybuilding magazines that were paying him millions of dollars. But observers, including elected officials and experts on political ethics, raked him...
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