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Refuseniks speak to full house
May 31, 2002SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Every pew in Westminster Presbyterian Church was full when two Israeli reserve soldiers, who have proclaimed their refusal to serve in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, spoke here May 22. Earlier in...
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Janitors rally at Laclede Gas
May 31, 2002ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 rallied outside of the Laclede Gas Building here on May 25. The janitors who clean the Laclede Gas Building are employed by Mitch...
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Tortilla tossing protested at graduation
May 31, 2002Schoolteacher Ray Siquieros and a group of his pupils protested “disrespectful” tortilla tossing by graduates at the University of Arizona (UA) commencement ceremony in Tucson May 11.
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Milwaukee kicks off campaign to free Cuban Five
May 31, 2002MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Committee to Free the Cuban Five kicked off its efforts with a gathering here May 19 of about 30 activists and a discussion with special guest Esperanza Luzbert, head of the United...
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Health care: Mill closes but problems stay
May 31, 2002The fortunes of Sterling, Ill., a small town of 14,000-plus, due west of Chicago, have moved up and down with the fortunes of Northwestern Steel & Wire (NW Steel). Today the fortunes of both are scraping...
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