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July 2, 2004CHARLESTON, S.C.: Independent truckers strike ports Carl Hopkins, 45, married father of three, has been on the road before sun-up for decades hauling cargo to and from the port of Charleston. For a 14-hour day, Hopkins,...
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Caravan to Cuba defies new U.S. restrictions
July 2, 2004MILWAUKEE – Activists held a day-long series of events here for the 15th Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba. Since 1992, the caravan has challenged the U.S. embargo by sending busloads of aid to the...
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Activists prepare for freedom summer
July 2, 2004Over 100 students, civil rights and labor activists will work this summer to systematically increase the immigrant voting constituency in the electoral “battleground” states of Arizona and Florida, in the New American Freedom Summer 2004. The...
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Fahrenheit 9/11 sizzles across the nation
July 2, 2004“Fahrenheit 9/11” turned up the heat on the Bush administration this week as Americans packed movie houses, hungry for information to help them understand the terrible path down which this president has led our country. “It’s...
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Iraq: Where did the $20 billion go?
July 2, 2004The U.S. occupation and its corporate cronies have ripped off Iraq’s oil wealth and ravaged the country’s infrastructure, several new reports show. Coalition Provisional Authority boss L. Paul Bremer slinked out of Iraq June 28 after...
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