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Halliburton profits from blood and war
July 15, 2004HOUSTON – Protests continue here and around the country over the war profiteering of Halliburton Company and its crony capitalist practices. A recent example here was a June 21 protest that took the form of an...
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New policies on Cuba create backlash
July 15, 2004New regulations affecting Cuban Americans who go to Cuba to visit family there have backfired. The Bush administration is facing both divisions within the U.S. Cuban community and opposition in Congress. In early May, a Bush-appointed...
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Cold numbers show heavy price of Iraq war
July 15, 2004Nearly 900 U.S. troops killed, more than 16,000 ill and injured. Some 9,000-11,000 Iraqis killed and an estimated 40,000 injured. The bill to U.S. taxpayers: $151 billion and counting.
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Midwest vote project in high gear
July 15, 2004ST. LOUIS – This Fourth of July, activists from across the country joined activists here, workers to defeat George W. Bush in this battleground state. Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and Young Communist League (YCL) members, alongside...
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Billions for war, kids left behind
July 15, 2004WASHINGTON – Reg Weaver, president of the 2.7-million-member National Education Association (NEA), touched off cheers from 11,000 NEA delegates and guests, July 4, when he accused the Bush administration of leaving millions of school children behind...
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