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State budget woes threaten social program
January 18, 2002District Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers is part of a coalition that has so far blunted Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s attempt to ram $500 million in budget cuts through...
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Steelworkers fight for jobs
January 18, 2002NEWS ANALYSIS LTV Corp. is robbing steelworkers, their families and communities of jobs, benefits and a future. Questions are being asked that directly affect 7,500 LTV steelworkers and 60,000 retirees in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Bishop...
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Cuban government issues statement on Guantanamo
January 18, 2002In a recent statement, the government of Cuba offered its cooperation to the U.S. as well as providing medical and other humanitarian services to the prisoners of the war in Afghanistan held at the Guantanamo U.S....
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Honor King – end poverty, racism and war
January 18, 2002NEWS ANALYSIS Dr. Martin Luther King’s message of peace, jobs and freedom is resonating loudly at holiday celebrations in Connecticut. In the past months, 19,500 jobs have been lost, with 20,000 more projected. Grim stories of...
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The Chicago Freedom Movement: Summer 1966
January 18, 2002The impact of the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement on the decade’s civil rights struggles was as significant as any other campaign of that era. To visit The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change,...
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