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We can stop the hate, leaders say
November 26, 2008National civil rights groups held a press conference Nov. 24 condemning the rise of hate crimes against immigrants and communities of color during and since the presidential election. Marcelo Lucero, originally from Ecuador was living in...
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Obama projects massive recovery plan
November 26, 2008Although nearly two months remain until President-elect Barack Obama takes office, he has moved onto center stage on the deepening economic crisis, declaring he will launch a massive jobs program to jumpstart the economy where it...
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Cutting cane in Colombia, workers win sweet victory
November 26, 2008Colombian sugar cane production is confined to 500,000 acres in Valle de Cauca and Cauca, departments situated in the country’s southwest. From legalized slavery on, Afro-Colombians have done most of the cutting. Recently they’ve worked 12-14...
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By bus, canoe and burro, Communists gather for Bogota meet
November 26, 2008“From the four cardinal points of the country, some by bus, others in canoes, on burros, and by airplane they came to Bogota,” Juan Cendales wrote on rebellion.org. “They got their bags ready, went over their...
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Let the nation own Big 3
November 25, 2008When H. Gaylord Wilshire sought the Southern California congressional seat in 1890, he ran on a very simple platform: 'Let the Nation own the trust.' The part time farmer and full time reformer was responding to...
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