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  • Raising money, raising hell for a fighting newspaper

    Raising money, raising hell for a fighting newspaper

    October 14, 2005

    “Unite to Fight” blue rubber wristbands, union-made buttons that say “Rebuild America, Bring the Troops Home,” and calling subscribers to give a “day’s pay” are all examples of grassroots, reader-powered fund raising projects for the People’s...

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  • Growing movement wants military out of schools

    Growing movement wants military out of schools

    October 14, 2005

    PHILADELPHIA — When schools opened last month, “Opt Out Campaign” activists were outside high schools in cities and small towns around the nation. They were there to let the students know they can stop their schools...

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  • Labor and civil rights groups: We demand jobs, justice in Gulf

    Labor and civil rights groups: We demand jobs, justice in Gulf

    October 14, 2005

    Oct. 29 rally in Baton Rouge to demand a ‘new direction’ for U.S. Gulf Coast union leaders hailed an action campaign launched by the AFL-CIO Sept. 30 to defend workers’ wages and rebuild their hurricane-torn states...

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  • Virginia gubernatorial race heats up

    Virginia gubernatorial race heats up

    October 11, 2005

    News Analysis FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The “Old Dominion” of Virginia is supposedly a bastion of right-wing Republicanism, but there is a good chance that a moderate Democrat will win the gubernatorial election on Nov. 8,...

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  • Venezuelas president, PWW staff congratulate White Sox

    Venezuelas president, PWW staff congratulate White Sox

    October 7, 2005

    Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has congratulated White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen for leading his team to the playoffs. Chavez spoke to Guillen, who’s from Venezuela, by phone last week during his weekly television and radio program,...

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