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Undocumented immigrant victory: LA City Council votes to honor Mexican IDs
June 7, 2002LOS ANGELES – Supporters of immigrant rights won an important victory last month when the Los Angeles City Council voted 13-1 in favor a six-month trial plan to honor identification cards issued by the Mexican Consulate...
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Vieques activists go to trial
June 7, 2002NEW YORK – The case against 42 activists who were arrested outside the United Nations while protesting the bombing of the island municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico, by the U.S. Navy started June 3 in the...
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Port police attack workers
June 7, 2002PIRAEUS, Greece – Striking sailors and other port workers at the Greek port of Piraeus were viciously attacked by hundreds of Special Port Corps police and Navy Special Forces “frogmen” May 29, in an action reminiscent...
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International notes
June 7, 2002Palestinians protest forced isolation of West Bank communities/China comments on NATO-Russia Council/Argentina: Protests vs. gov’t handling of crisis/Protests set for South Korean unionists/Metalworkers vow to continue strike/Long-term dangers from India-Pakistan war
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Who pays the costs of empire
June 7, 2002New military spending is coming so fast, and in so many forms, it is difficult to know the total cost. The administration is officially proposing an increase of $46 billion, bringing the total to $437 billion...
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