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Ready for court-martial, but not return to war
September 29, 2006Army threatens to send conscientious objector ‘back to Iraq in handcuffs, if necessary’FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Accompanied by his wife and peace movement supporters, Army Specialist Agustín Aguayo surrendered voluntarily to military police at Fort Irwin...
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Unions demand: Release Colombian labor lawyer
September 28, 2006Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently
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Venezuelas Chavez says world faces choice between U.S. hegemony and survival
September 26, 2006Speech of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the U.N. General Assembly, New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Transcript provided by Venezuelanalysis.com. By President Hugo Chavez Frias Madame President, Excellencies, Heads of State, Heads of Governments, and high...
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FROM THE PWW ARCHIVES, Sept. 5, 1998, European resistance to gene modification grows
September 24, 2006The broadest political movement to be seen in Europe in recent decades has been taking shape in opposition to the development and production of genetically-modified food crops. Resistance is directed chiefly at the operations of the...
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Living wage fight not over
September 23, 2006CHICAGO — Although the City Council failed to overturn Mayor Richard Daley’s veto of the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance, supporters of the measure say the battle will continue. The council had passed the ordinance by...
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