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  • Iranian party demands end to repression

    Iranian party demands end to repression

    September 10, 2004

    Amidst recent reports of escalating repression by Iran’s intelligence services against the country’s progressive forces, including the use of physical assault, kidnapping, and torture against those defending democratic rights and freedom of expression, the Tudeh (People’s)...

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  • Chinas unions and migrant workers: Building a better future together

    Chinas unions and migrant workers: Building a better future together

    September 10, 2004

    During a visit to the People’s Republic of China in July, Marilyn Bechtel talked with trade unionists at the enterprise, city, provincial and national levels, to learn how they are helping workers meet the challenge of...

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  • Panama releases 4 anti-Cuba terrorists

    Panama releases 4 anti-Cuba terrorists

    September 10, 2004

    On Aug. 26, Mireya Moscoso, not quite done with her term as president of Panama, pardoned four jailed terrorists. To the cheers and warm embraces of hundreds of like-minded Floridians, three well-known criminals returned home to...

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  • Cuban Americans denounce Bush travel restrictions as anti-family

    Cuban Americans denounce Bush travel restrictions as anti-family

    September 10, 2004

    MIAMI — An angry backlash has erupted in Miami’s “Little Havana” against George W. Bush’s new regulations sharply limiting Cuban Americans’ contacts with their families in Cuba. “These people are out of their minds,” said Cuban-born...

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  • Philly unions working without a contract

    Philly unions working without a contract

    September 10, 2004

    PHILADELPHIA — Unionized city workers here who provide essential public services, excluding police and fire personnel, are now in their third month working without a contract. The previous four-year contracts expired June 30 and the city’s...

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