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Biden calls for tax on Big Oil
October 15, 2008YOUNGSTOWN -- Voters in the Mahoning Valley are gearing up for the election with a candidates' forum here along with Hillary Clinton and vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden appearing in the area this week. Biden spoke to...
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Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression
October 14, 2008Widespread popular support and military repression cast ongoing teacher protests in Morelos state — home to famous revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — as a replay of events two years ago in Oaxaca. At issue are measures taken...
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Union activists told: Drop everything else and get out vote for Obama
October 14, 2008CLEVELAND — Warning of dire consequences if John McCain is elected president, national and local labor leaders urged union activists here to drop everything else and get out the vote for Barack Obama. “This is the...
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Black Panther Party photo exhibition clarifies history
October 14, 2008HOUSTON — There’s another knock your socks off exhibition at the University Museum of Texas Southern University. Entitled “The Black Panthers: Making Sense of History” this is a display of 47 photographs of the Panthers by...
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Free Liliany Obando!
October 14, 2008Liliany Obando, closely associated with Colombia’s largest rural labor organization, was arrested Aug. 8 in what police called a “preventive” arrest. In the process, officers of Colombia’s National Police Anti-Terrorism Unit and Criminal Investigation Directorate harassed...
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