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Egypt election a parody of the democratic process
September 16, 2005News Analysis For decades, some would say centuries, Egyptians have suffered under autocracy and have yearned for freedom’s sun to rise. President Hosni Mubarak, who came to power in the wake of the 1981 assassination of...
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Len Levenson, 92, fighter for democracy
September 16, 2005On Aug. 7 the world lost a fighter for peace and social justice. Leonard Levenson passed away at the age of 92 in New York City. Levenson came of political age during the 1930s — the...
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New Orleans
September 16, 2005Everybody knew that it could happen The likelihood was clear The future was coming And now it’s here They had to fix the levees Because otherwise they’d break On one side was the city Above it...
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August Wilson: A tribute before dying
September 16, 2005We search for various media to give real voice to who we are, who we really are deep within our souls as part of a dominated and exploited class, as a people still suffering the depth...
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A victory for the Cuban 5
September 16, 2005A three-judge appeals panel in Atlanta has granted a new trial to the five Cuban nationals imprisoned in a government frame-up seven years ago. The five — Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, Gerardo Hernández, Ramon Labañino and...
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