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Hiroshima commemorated
August 11, 2006LIVERMORE, Calif. — Demonstrations across the country this week remembered the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945. Organizers said over 80 events coordinated by United for...
Read morePublic workers map plan for 21st century
August 11, 2006CHICAGO — “It’s time, past time, that our soldiers come back home to their families” from Iraq, said Gerald McEntee, international president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union, in his keynote...
Read moreNATIONAL CLIPS
August 11, 2006CRAWFORD, Texas: Sheehan returns to Camp Casey “Last summer I made a commitment to be here every time George Bush was supposed to be on vacation,” said Gold Star peace mother Cindy Sheehan last week. Her...
Read moreProgressive for Congress comes under fire
August 11, 2006MINNEAPOLIS — If Keith Ellison is elected in November to represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, he will bring to the U.S. House of Representatives a fresh progressive voice in tradition of Paul Wellstone. He will also...
Read moreUnion pact opens doors for city students
August 11, 2006PHILADELPHIA — “Congratulations young people, you’re about to become union members!” said School Reform Commission chair James Nevels. The school administrator heralded a groundbreaking agreement between the school district here and unions that make up the...
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