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Victory for Wash U students in living wage
April 29, 2005ST. LOUIS — Washington University here will commit at least $1 million over the next two years toward higher salaries and better benefits for low-paid contract employees as a result of a 19-day sit-in by students...
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No nukes, no war!: Global convergence at UN demands end to nuclear weapons
April 29, 2005NEW YORK — The worldwide movement to end nuclear weapons, energized and united with the antiwar movement, is converging here for a month of actions. Kicking it off is a May 1 mass “No Nukes! No...
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Michigan grad students win gains
April 22, 2005Despite threats of retribution and tense negotiations that included a one-day walkout, graduate student instructors (GSI) at the University of Michigan claimed a major victory when their membership ratified a three-year contract with the university on...
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Barbara Jean Hope, activist and writer, 59
April 22, 2005Barbara Jean Hope died April 8 in Philadelphia after an intense battle with cancer. She was 59. Hope was a mother, grandmother, writer, editor, talk radio ideologist, peace activist, teacher and voice against oppression. When news...
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We are Joaquin: the legacy of Corky
April 22, 2005During the 1960s, the American people broke out of the McCarthy era with mass movements for peace, civil rights, women’s rights, and labor organizing of agricultural and public workers. At the same time, throughout the Southwest,...
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