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Iraqi trade unionists speak in Philly
July 8, 2005PHILADELPHIA — Over 100 Philadelphians gathered at a June 24 forum here hosted by this city’s Central Labor Council and UNITE-HERE Local 274 to welcome three Iraqi labor leaders. The visit was part of a 25-city,...
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Massive rally in Chicago for immigrant rights
July 8, 2005CHICAGO — In the largest political protest here on any cause since the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of immigrant rights supporters demonstrated July 1 against the anti-immigrant “Minutemen” and in favor of the legalization of...
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Communist convention pickets hotel
July 8, 2005CHICAGO — More than 300 Communist Party USA members joined the picket line of UNITE HERE Local 1 at the Congress Hotel on July 2. The workers have been forced on strike for the past two...
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High court vacancy emergency for rights
July 8, 2005WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s July 1 resignation creates an emergency threat to all Americans, warned labor and civil rights groups last week. O’Connor’s resignation opens a vacancy on the court for the...
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Reds come out fighting: Time to turn up heat vs. ultra-right, Communist meet says
July 8, 2005CHICAGO — The Communist Party USA wound up its convention here in a fighting mood July 3, with the 450 participants vowing to pour their energies into blocking the ultra-right effort to take over the Supreme...
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