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Local police will be used for new repression
December 7, 2001The police in Portland, Ore. and other Oregon cities, as well as several in northern California, stated they will not cooperate with a federal request to round up hundreds of Middle Eastern immigrants to grill them...
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Drug czar assures repeat of past failures
December 7, 2001While the national drug movement and voter reform efforts move toward humane, effective strategies, John Walters, President Bush’s choice for drug czar is a giant step backwards. You will agree that we have no time to...
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To clone or not
December 7, 2001Despite pressure from President Bush to ban human cloning, either for reproduction or research, the Senate refused last week to take up a Republican measure to impose a six-month moratorium on the technology. The bill was...
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Bush not first president to demonize newcomers
December 7, 2001Talk of war from Washington? People afraid to communicate through the mail? Writers and editors threatened? Dissenters harassed? Foreigners attacked? We are not talking 2001 here – each of these things happened in the early days...
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James Jackson: Fighter for equality, democracy, peace, socialism
December 7, 2001NEW YORK – James E. Jackson Jr., a leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) for many years, celebrated his 87th birthday Nov. 29. Jackson began his eventful life in political action at 16 and he...
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