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  • Harrisburg rally demands money for schools

    Harrisburg rally demands money for schools

    July 4, 2002

    HARRISBURG, Pa. – Over 100 members of two coalitions, Philadelphians United to Support Public Schools and the Coalition to Keep Public Schools Public, boarded buses on June 25 to lobby for the $75 million promised to...

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  • Saving Amtrak: profits vs. public interest

    Saving Amtrak: profits vs. public interest

    July 4, 2002

    It is not yet clear what will be the final outcome of the latest funding crisis to hit the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the federally supported intercity railroad passenger service. There have been reports of...

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  • Union members serving public interest

    Union members serving public interest

    July 4, 2002

    ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The AFL-CIO has projected electing 5,000 union members to public office between now and the end of the 2004 election cycle as part of their “people-powered” political campaigns. Here, one of the...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    July 4, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

    100,000 rally for Chavez/Demand to free jailed S. Korean unionists/Protest foreign investment in India’s media/Argentina police killings draw big protest/Georgian workers say TNCs flout standards/German phone workers win pay hike

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  • Marxism Lives! The American Revolution, Part I: 1776-1900

    Marxism Lives! The American Revolution, Part I: 1776-1900

    July 4, 2002

    [From the pww.org archives] America has a great revolutionary tradition, and Marxism (historical materialism) is the best way to understand that tradition, appreciate it and make it live. In the 18th century, American colonists rebelled against...

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