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A mighty roar Oct. 26: No war on Iraq
November 1, 2002WASHINGTON – Demonstrators numbering in the hundreds of thousands marched in cities and towns across the U.S. and around the world Oct. 26 to protest George W. Bush’s drive toward a unilateral war against Iraq. Organizers...
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National security, or war on workers?
October 31, 2002OAKLAND, Calif. – Like many Filipinos living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Erlinda Valencia found a job at the airport, screening carry-on bags for passengers. She worked for Argenbright Security for 14 years, most of...
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Lou Bortz
October 31, 2002CLEVELAND – Longtime Communist Party activist Lou Bortz died here Aug. 16. He was 92 years old. Bortz was one of 10 children of an immigrant shoemaker from Czarist Lithuania. He finished ninth grade in New...
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Harry Hay, pioneer gay rights activist, mourned
October 31, 2002SAN FRANCISCO – Well-known gay rights activist Harry Hay passed away Oct. 17 at the age of 90.
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James Herndon,1925-2002
October 31, 2002James Herndon, progressive attorney and lifelong social activist, died Sept. 17. He was 77 years old. Jim, as he was known to his friends and family, was a man of keen intellect and deep commitment to...
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