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Coalition battles Bush welfare cuts
May 3, 2002WASHINGTON – The Republican leadership wants a House floor vote before the Memorial Day recess on reauthorization of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a bill they have loaded with attacks on the poor such as...
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AK Steel workers march against corporate terrorism
May 3, 2002PITTSBURGH – There is a war on U.S. workers and Armco-Kawasaki (AK) steelworkers, members of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 169, are on the front lines.
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Funeral protests shooting
May 3, 2002SEATTLE – “It is not a crime in America to get lost.” This was the comment of Rev. Harriett Walden, head of Mothers for Police Accountability, after the funeral of Robert Thomas, Sr. Thomas, an older...
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May Day call in D.C.: Amnesty now!
May 3, 2002WASHINGTON – Busloads of workers and their allies arrived in the nation’s capital, May Day, to demand that Congress enact HR-500, a bill by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) to grant legal status to millions of undocumented...
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To Cuba and back: Harassment from Washington, followed by a week of inspiration
May 3, 2002Thirteen Maine teachers and health workers returned April 21 after a week-long study tour in Cuba. They were there looking at schools, clinics, hospitals and services for children, to find out what happens to egalitarian ideals...
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