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Residents heated up over lack of gas
October 14, 2005CHICAGO — With 52,000 households’ gas shut off and home-heating costs breaking records, Chicagoans are tired of being cold in their own homes. And fingers are being pointed at Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Protesters on Sept. 30...
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The peace lobbys in the House (and the Senate)
October 14, 2005WASHINGTON — Some 1,000 peace activists from 40 states lobbied over 300 senators and representatives on Sept. 26, the Monday after the huge antiwar march here. It was an unprecedented peace lobby, seeking to flex its...
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Cindy Sheehan welcomed home to Bay Area
October 14, 2005‘America is ready to end the war’ OAKLAND, Calif. — Cindy Sheehan “came home” to a loving welcome Oct. 5 as hundreds of supporters gathered here to give her standing ovation after ovation. Every ear was...
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National Clips
October 14, 2005WASHINGTON: Millions More Movement marches Along with Hurricane Katrina came the reality that racism and poverty are still very evident in the U.S. It fueled outrage and charged up civil rights and justice activists and leaders....
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Schwarzenegger veto spurs wide opposition
October 14, 2005LOS ANGELES — Latino immigrant rights leaders are responding to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veto of SB 60 with a joint mobilization to defeat all Schwarzenegger-backed propositions in the Nov. 8 election. The bill would provide driver’s...
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