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Philly workers rally to defend contracts
July 16, 2004PHILADELPHIA – The City Council’s passage of a $3.4 billion budget on June 11, a budget that includes steep cuts in a local income tax that funds many municipal services, has prompted anxiety and anger among...
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Marriage amendment defeated by 50-48 vote
July 16, 2004WASHINGTON – By a stunning bipartisan vote of 50 to 48 on July 14, the Senate rejected the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). The fact that 48 senators who backed this divisive amendment couldn’t even muster a...
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NYC labor to protest at GOP convention
July 16, 2004NEW YORK – In a break from a more than 20-year tradition, this city’s labor movement will forego its usual celebratory parade and instead hold a Labor Day protest of the Bush administration in front of...
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Senate report: Iraq intelligence was wrong
July 16, 2004Although 20 percent of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Iraq remains secret, what was released July 9 sheds the cold light of day on the Bush administration’s intelligence used to support its first-strike policy...
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Cuba caravan stops in Houston
July 16, 2004HOUSTON – The 15th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba stopped here on July 3 and was greeted by African drummers at the SHAPE Community Center. The caravan is a nonviolent, non-licensed protest of the travel restrictions against...
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