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International notes
December 5, 2002World AIDS Day: More vigorous fight-back stressed / Venezuela: ‘Strike’ largely ignored / Britain: Firefighters suspend strike, warn of new actions / Iraq: CP will not join opposition conference / Haiti: Opposition fires on pro-gov’t demonstration...
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Steve Earle in concert
December 5, 2002'If you want to reach me; just check out our web page; or, just ask John Ashcroft – he knows where we are.' These were the parting words of Steve Earle at the conclusion of his...
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Toronto International Film Festival 2002 Part 3
December 5, 2002Progressive Cinema This year there were over 50 feature-length documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival, almost doubled from last year. In the last column we discussed those from the U.S., but some of the finest...
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Your blue jeans trail of misery
December 5, 2002Blue is normally my favorite color, but after my recent trip to Lesotho I will have to reconsider. The water I saw exiting two clothing manufacturing plants and entering nearby fields was the color of ink....
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New trends in Latin America
December 5, 2002Opinion Important political changes are taking place in Latin America. In Brazil, at the head of a center-left coalition led by the Workers Party and the Communist Party of Brazil, running on a program of change,...
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