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  • Sacramentans demand repeal of parade law

    Sacramentans demand repeal of parade law

    August 13, 2004

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Community activists and civil rights attorneys flocked to an Aug. 2 public hearing here to challenge the legitimacy of a year-old city ordinance that places sharp and seemingly arbitrary restrictions on what parade...

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  • Public television to air Every Mothers Son

    Public television to air Every Mothers Son

    August 13, 2004

    “Every Mother’s Son,” a documentary by Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson based on three instances of police brutality against unarmed young men in New York City, premieres on PBS’ “POV” Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 10 p.m....

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  • Understanding what went wrong in the USSR

    Understanding what went wrong in the USSR

    August 13, 2004 By Mark Almberg

      Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union By Roger Keeran & Thomas Kenny International Publishers, 2004 Softcover, 230 pp., $14.00 The demise of the Soviet Union was a watershed event in human history....

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  • Lessons in outreach from  a funeral?

    Lessons in outreach from a funeral?

    August 13, 2004

    What can the funeral of one of the founders of scientific socialism tell us about an approach to present day realities? If ever there was a time for the broadest political outreach of our lives, this...

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  • Speaking the truth about Cuba

    Speaking the truth about Cuba

    August 13, 2004

    The Venceremos Brigade was formed in 1969 as a means of showing solidarity with the Cuban struggle and challenging U.S. policies against that country. For the past 35 years, we’ve been sending people from the U.S....

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