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Education fasters win historic victory
June 18, 2004SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After 26 days, the two remaining activists in the “Fast 4 Education,” Cesar Cruz and Israel Haro, ended their fast June 4 after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will help poor...
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Union support grows for Medicare for All
June 18, 2004At its 33rd National Convention in Atlanta Memorial Day weekend, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists endorsed the United States National Health Insurance Act, HR 676, the single-payer health care bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers...
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Soldiers say Im not going back
June 18, 2004These days, GI rights counseling coordinator Bill Galvin is getting at least four or five calls a day from soldiers saying, “I’ve gotten orders to go to Iraq and I don’t want to go.” click here...
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U.S. Border Patrol rounds up hundreds on both coasts
June 18, 2004Immigrant communities in Southern California and New York City are reporting hundreds of immigrants arrested in a series of sweeps in recent weeks. Rev. Arnoldo Abelardo of La Placita Church in Los Angeles told the New...
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Labor fightback sweeps NYC
June 18, 2004NEW YORK – A four-day wave of labor fightback swept this city June 7-10, winning victories for thousands of health care workers and energizing other unions locked in battles with the city administration. Workers from American...
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