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Hundreds gather at counter-recruiting conference
November 4, 2005BERKELEY, Calif. — As the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq neared the 2,000 mark, nearly 500 university and high school students, military resisters, veterans and peace activists gathered on the UC Berkeley campus Oct....
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Oil company profits soar
November 4, 2005Exxon Mobil Corp. broke records as its third-quarter profits soared to almost $10 billion and it became the first public company ever with quarterly sales topping $100 billion. Royal Dutch Shell wasn’t far behind, posting profits...
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Alito seen as extremist threat to mainstream rights
November 4, 2005President Bush’s Halloween nomination of Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court is seen by both right and left as a confrontational “bring ’em on” offensive against mainstream democratic and progressive America.
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Vigils across the country: Not one more death
November 4, 2005CHICAGO — “Killing one human being is like killing all of humanity. Saving one human being is like saving all of humanity,” said Abdul Malik Mujahid, president of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago,...
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Bienvenido Pepe Lozano!
November 4, 2005We are glad to welcome our new staff writer, Jose “Pepe” Lozano. Lozano, 28, grew up in an activist Mexican American family in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood where he still lives. “I’m really proud that I...
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