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Speaking up for racial dignity in the day-to-day
August 21, 2004Racial slurs happen in the everyday routine. Speaking up makes a difference, especially in the everyday routine. Greenfield is a blue-collar neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh. My wife and I have been living here for...
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International Notes
August 21, 2004Greece: Rally honors workers who died Hundreds gathered in downtown Athens Aug. 10 for an open-air memorial service honoring 13 workers killed during the frantic scramble to finish facilities for the Olympic Games. The ceremony was...
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Canada phone strike solid after 4 months
August 21, 2004HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – In towns and cities along Canada’s Atlantic coast, 4,300 telephone workers have been walking the picket line since April 23 to save their jobs and to win livable pensions and a better...
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Battle for democracy reaches new stage in Iran
August 21, 2004The strategy and tactics of Iran’s “reformists” allied with President Mohammad Khatami suffered a crushing defeat during the parliamentary elections last February, in part because thousands of their candidates were disqualified by the country’s ultra-conservative Guardian...
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Why Puerto Ricans were celebrating
August 21, 2004The defeat of the U.S. Olympic basketball team by the Puerto Rican team was cause for great jubilation in Puerto Rico. The loss by a lopsided score of 92-73 was declared “historic” by the press because...
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