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NATIONAL CLIPS: Oct. 6
October 5, 2007BOULDER, Colo.: Students walk out protesting pledge KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Churches offer shelter to undocumented workers MILWAUKEE: March celebrates struggle to desegregate housing SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Republicans abandon ‘stealth’ election trick
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Iraq vets lead Syracuse march
October 5, 2007SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Peace activists held a historic march and demonstration Sept. 29 here. Nearly 3,000 people participated in the protest called by the Fort Drum chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and hosted...
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Worry and anger as autoworkers study pact
October 5, 2007Many autoworkers, back after their strike against GM, are worried or angry about concessions the company insisted on in the new contract. United Auto Workers leaders, representing plants across the country, approved the tentative contract on...
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Children demand Health care, not warfare
October 5, 2007Huge coalition urges Congress to override SCHIP veto Children marched to the White House Oct. 2 pulling red wagons filled with petitions demanding that President Bush drop his plan to veto legislation passed by the Senate...
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The truth about Blackwater
October 3, 2007Book review Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army By Jeremy Scahill Nation Books, 2007 Hardcover, 452 pp., $26.95 On the surface, Jeremy Scahill’s “Blackwater” is a reflection of the visage of military...
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