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Juneteenth protest urges city to build first
June 27, 2002CHICAGO – For the fifth year in a row, activists and residents here held an all-day Juneteenth protest against the destruction of public housing without viable housing substitutions. Starting the day with a noontime press conference,...
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Peoples needs vs. guns and corporate greed
June 27, 2002MADISON, Wisc. – Groups with diverging politics converged June 14 -18 around the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Harry Bridges and the ILWU From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
June 27, 2002The life and times of Harry Bridges are so closely linked with the history of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) that it is impossible to write about one without writing about both – and...
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Family farms and the estate tax
June 22, 2002The U.S. Senate vote June 12 to preserve the inheritance estate tax has stirred fury in White House circles, with George W. Bush’s top adviser, Karl C. Rove, calling for “a war” on Senate Democrats who...
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Unions unite to organize port truckers
June 21, 2002LOS ANGELES – An attempt by the Teamsters to organize approximately 15,000 port truckers on the West Coast will be one of the focus issues of the upcoming Solidarity Day rallies to be held on June...
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