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  • Prisons and profits

    Prisons and profits

    November 10, 2001

    The U.S. criminal justice system has transformed into a vast, for-profit, industrial system. Police, lawyers, court staff, convicts and prison personnel make up a giant business complex that scoops up citizens and churns out convicts, generating...

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  • Ohio county workers walk

    Ohio county workers walk

    November 10, 2001

    WARREN, Ohio – A rally was held here Nov. 3 in support of 55 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3808 who went out on strike Oct. 22. The...

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  • Arizona dice: Fin al bombardeo!

    Arizona dice: Fin al bombardeo!

    November 10, 2001

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Como 150 personas asistieron una manifestación al frente de la fábrica Raytheon Missile System el 16 de octubre aquí, exigiendo un fin al bombardeo de Afganistán y opuestos a planes para la militarización...

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  • Arab League: no to bin Laden

    Arab League: no to bin Laden

    November 10, 2001

    DAMASCUS, Syria – The head of the 22-nation Arab League on Nov. 4 dismissed an appeal by Osama bin Laden to Muslims to join a holy war against the West. Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa...

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  • APHA condemns war

    APHA condemns war

    November 10, 2001 By Fred Gaboury

    In a strongly-worded resolution titled “Opposing war in southwest Asia,” the annual meeting of the 50,000-member American Public Health Association (APHA) expressed its opposition to “military actions against Afghanistan and other nations,” and called such action...

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