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Carole Collier Florida freedom fighter is mourned
October 24, 2003LARGO, Fla. – Carole Collier, chairperson of the Communist Party of Florida and a tireless advocate for equality, peace and socialism, passed away Sept. 28. She was 84. Family, friends, and comrades gathered for a memorial...
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Franken takes on media monsters
October 24, 2003Book review Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, By Al Franken, E.P. Dutton, 377 pp., hardcover, $24.95 Al Franken is back. The comedian and author of...
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Our grief is not a cry for war
October 24, 2003Book review September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: Turning Our Grief into Action for Peace, By David Potorti with Peaceful Tomorrows, RDV Books, 246 pp., softcover, $14.95 Of all those who suffered from the Sept. 11,...
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Trips to the street: antidotes to despair
October 24, 2003Opinion I was back out on the street again today in Brunswick, Maine, leafleting and petitioning about the USA Patriot Act. For the past couple of months I’ve gone out at least once a week in...
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Public vs. for-profit health care in Canada
October 24, 2003Opinion The Canadian public has said no to the erosion of universal, single-tier public health care. Indeed, popular pressure forced a recent Canadian Royal Commission to propose expansion of the public system. The Canadian system provides...
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