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Somos el partido de esperanza We are the party of hope: the Colombian Communist Party
June 24, 2005BOGOTA, Colombia — The office of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC) is on a pleasant residential street in this nation’s capital. On June 3, it’s a beehive of activity leading up to the party’s 19th Congress....
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Cheney offers to transfer detainees to his underground lair
June 24, 2005Veep fires new salvo at Gitmo critics The debate over the future of the detention center at Guantanamo, Cuba, was ramped up another notch today as Vice President Dick Cheney offered to transfer all detainees held...
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New wave of support for HR 676
June 24, 2005“America’s trillion-dollar health care system would be far more efficient if all the money spent on administrative costs and insurance profit went directly to health care. There’s only one way to do that effectively: single-payer coverage...
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Tennessee cuts services to disabled
June 24, 2005NASHVILLE — Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has sentenced persons with disabilities who require ventilators to “life imprisonment” in a nursing home, according to a statement issued by a civil rights organization for persons with disabilities. The...
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Union pension funds exercise clout
June 24, 2005People Before Profits DETROIT (PAI) — Union investment money is doing the talking — and in some cases, the walking — as organized labor is moving into a renewed strategy of using pension dollars to win...
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