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  • Communist Party: Clubs are key to grassroots change

    Communist Party: Clubs are key to grassroots change

    July 18, 2002

    NEW YORK – Over 150 communist club leaders gathered here June 28-30 for the Communist Party USA’s (CPUSA) National Committee meeting and conference on building clubs and grassroots organizing. The CPUSA is setting a priority on...

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  • Teamsters win big at UPS

    Teamsters win big at UPS

    July 18, 2002

    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service announced a tentative contract settlement on July 15. The Union had said its more than 210,000 members who sort, load and deliver more than 13 million packages...

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  • Prescription drug battle moves to Senate

    Prescription drug battle moves to Senate

    July 18, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Another round in what many see as the most important congressional debate on health policy since 1994 opened on July 15 when the Senate began a scheduled two-week debate on competing plans to provide prescription drugs...

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  • AIDS meet rings warning

    AIDS meet rings warning

    July 18, 2002

    Protesters shouted and blew whistles when Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson attempted to defend George W. Bush’s record on combatting the AIDS scourge, during the 14th International AIDS conference in Barcelona, Spain, July 9....

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  • Energy Dept. ships plutonium to S.C.

    Energy Dept. ships plutonium to S.C.

    July 18, 2002

    Amidst South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges’ threats to lie down in front of the trailer trucks to prevent them from entering his state, the Department of Energy (DOE) is currently shipping weapons-grade plutonium across the country...

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