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  • Iraqis intent on ending occupation, rebuilding country

    Iraqis intent on ending occupation, rebuilding country

    June 24, 2005 By Susan Webb

    Violence in Iraq has escalated sharply since a new government was named in early May, with an average of 30 Iraqi civilians killed every day. Joblessness, power cuts and lack of sanitation and health care remain...

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  • Racist found guilty in 1964 Mississippi killings

    Racist found guilty in 1964 Mississippi killings

    June 24, 2005 By Combined Sources

    On June 21 a jury of nine whites and three Blacks in Philadelphia, Miss., convicted octogenarian and former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter, exactly 41 years after the triple slaying of young...

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  • Capital campaign tops $330,000

    Capital campaign tops $330,000

    June 24, 2005

    CHICAGO — The campaign to raise money for three working-class centers of unity, action and education reached $330,000 last week, just $70,000 shy of its $400,000 goal. With two weeks left in the campaign, spokespeople for...

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  • Its a great time to be a Communist

    Its a great time to be a Communist

    June 24, 2005 By Susan Webb

    CHICAGO — The Communist Party USA returns to its birthplace this week as 500 labor, peace, civil rights and community activists, and international guests converge here for the party’s 28th national convention, July 1-3.

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  • Iraqi labor leaders welcomed across U.S.

    Iraqi labor leaders welcomed across U.S.

    June 24, 2005 By Susan Webb

    Six Iraqi union leaders touring the U.S. this week called for an end to the U.S. occupation and expressed hope that American workers would support their efforts to protect Iraqi workers’ rights and defeat privatization. U.S....

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