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  • U.S. companies loot Iraq & U.S. taxpayers

    U.S. companies loot Iraq & U.S. taxpayers

    January 9, 2004 By Susan Webb

    As Americans at home returned to post-holiday routines, the news from Iraq continued a familiar pattern – U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians killed and wounded daily. But sharing the spotlight is the looting of Iraq by...

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  • Black, Latino leaders hit voter remap bias

    Black, Latino leaders hit voter remap bias

    January 9, 2004

    AUSTIN, Texas – A three-judge panel Jan. 6 upheld a districting plan conceived by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) to add eight or more Republicans to the Texas congressional delegation. But Black and Latino leaders...

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  • Willie comes through for peace

    Willie comes through for peace

    January 9, 2004

    DALLAS – Texas peace activists are celebrating because our national hero, singer Willie Nelson, has released a new single that asks, “What Ever Happened to Peace on Earth?” Americans have noticed that the war in Iraq...

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  • Battle cry to defeat Bush greets New Year

    Battle cry to defeat Bush greets New Year

    January 9, 2004

    For the movements on the ground determined to defeat Bush in 2004, the New Year came roaring in like a lion. Recounting the attacks on Social Security, pensions, health care, and wages, William Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO...

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  • Message to Congress: Extend jobless benefits

    Message to Congress: Extend jobless benefits

    January 9, 2004

    WASHINGTON – The New Year was a time of revelry for the corporate rich as government reports confirmed a surge in profits and productivity in the final quarter of 2003. George W. Bush trumpeted the news...

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