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  • Dockers battle for safety on the ports

    Dockers battle for safety on the ports

    September 20, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is charging that the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) demands for higher productivity are resulting in horrible safety conditions for dockworkers.

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  • A message to the Iraqi National Assembly

    A message to the Iraqi National Assembly

    September 20, 2002

    The following are remarks given by Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), who headed a delegation to Iraq. Rahall gave this speech on Sept. 15. It is reprinted here courtesy of the Institute for Public Accuracy. I want...

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  • North Texas responds to Bush threats

    North Texas responds to Bush threats

    September 20, 2002

    DALLAS – On the evening after President Bush presented his bellicose ultimatum to the United Nations, North Texas peace activists held a Town Meeting in the Northaven United Methodist Church. The topic was “Stopping the War...

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  • 9/11 interfaith service calls for peace

    9/11 interfaith service calls for peace

    September 20, 2002

    PHILADELPHIA – Under the theme, “Unite for peace,” over 500 people gathered at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House here Sept. 11 for an interfaith service for Peace and Justice. After the service over 600 joined...

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  • Commemoration marks Pa. 9/11 crash

    Commemoration marks Pa. 9/11 crash

    September 20, 2002 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards

    Shanksville, Pa. – The people’s temporary memorial to the victims of hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed here Sept. 11, 2001, sits atop a rugged hill, unbending in blustery wind.

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