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Latino communities say no to war
March 13, 2003CHICAGO – Virtually every leader and spokesperson of the Mexican, Mexican American and Puerto Rican communities here have spoken out against the Bush administration’s war on Iraq. Congressman Luis Gutierrez voted against the war resolution in...
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PUSH for peace
March 13, 2003CHICAGO – Rev. Jesse Jackson called March 8 “Peace Day” at his weekly rally and television broadcast at the Rainbow Coalition/Operation PUSH national headquarters. The event marked a new coalition between peace, religious, labor, youth and...
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UNITE to organize Cintas industrial laundry
March 13, 2003HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Victor Hidalgo is a man on a mission. Even though the outspoken father of four was fired from his job as an unloader at a Cintas industrial laundry facility in Connecticut, he still...
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Russell Brodine, musician and organizer, 1912-2003
March 7, 2003ROSLYN, Wash. – Russell Victor Brodine a musician, union organizer, and longtime member of the Communist Party USA died here Feb. 12. He was 90.
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Alvena Seckar, walking the path of artistic activism
March 7, 2003“I wish I would have been more active in the movement,” Alvena Seckar said earnestly. My jaw dropped – collectively or, in part, her body of work epitomizes the very meaning of political activism.
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