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Homeland Security arrests workers in raids
October 31, 2003Under the cover of darkness, in well-synchronized raids, scores of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents took the night shift cleaning crews into custody at 60 Wal-Mart stores across the United States. In what The New...
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Protests across the nation: Bring the troops home
October 31, 2003WASHINGTON – In the first major antiwar protest since Bush declared an end to combat operations in Iraq on May 1, tens of thousands marched near the White House Oct. 25 carrying placards reading, “Bush lied,...
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National Clips
October 30, 2003NORTHAMPTON, Mass.: More cities reject Patriot Act The grassroots movement to defend democratic rights and reject the Patriot Act now represents 25.5 million Americans as Bisbee, Ariz., Robbinsdale, Minn., and Urbana, N.Y. all declared their respective...
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Senate rebukes Bush on Cuba
October 30, 2003By a voice vote, the U.S. Senate last week approved an amendment to the Department of Transportation bill that would strip the government of all funding for the enforcement of its much-criticized ban on travel to...
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Chicago banquet salutes Salt of the Earth labor heroes
October 30, 2003CHICAGO – This year marks the 50th anniversary of the production of the groundbreaking movie, Salt of the Earth. Celebrations have been taking place across the country. On Saturday, Nov. 15, Chicagoans will have their turn...
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