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Iraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial
June 29, 2007CHICAGO — Two leaders of Iraq’s labor movement placed a plaque at the Haymarket Memorial here June 23 as leaders of major U.S. labor organizations looked on. The presentation was the Iraqis’ way of remembering both...
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New Yorks police on rampage, critics charge
June 29, 2007BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The New York Police Department is running wild in Black and Latino neighborhoods, using racial profiling as a tool of choice, charges a group of students and residents of Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. The...
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United for Peace and Justice sets course to end Iraq war
June 29, 2007ROSEMONT, Ill. — United for Peace and Justice, the national antiwar coalition, decided at its third national assembly here June 22-24 to make congressional action to end the Iraq war its number one priority in the...
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Restore our liberties
June 29, 2007Rights coalition presses to close Gitmo, end torture and bring back habeas corpusWASHINGTON — One week before our nation’s July 4 celebration, thousands of protesters wearing Statue of Liberty crowns and holding signs reading “Torture is...
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Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical
June 22, 2007His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.
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