News
Health care is our right
May 11, 2007HARTFORD, Conn.— Over 5,000 protesters came to the state capital, May 5, to decry lack of health care for 400,000 people in Connecticut and to demand that the Legislature act now to provide health care for...
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Police attack May Day marchers in Istanbul
May 11, 2007A vicious attack was launched against this year’s May Day demonstrators in Istanbul, Turkey, as they were gathering to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Taksim Square May Day massacre. Riot police arrested more than 1,000...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
May 11, 2007BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Terrorist group targets Latinos Six members of the “Free Militia,” armed with automatic weapons, 2,500 rounds of ammunition, 130 grenades, 70 improvised explosive devices, a grenade launcher and two silencers, planned to attack a...
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Talking about a revolution: Calls for action on global warming, inequality
May 11, 2007The latest report of a world scientific panel on global warming has called for what amounts to a social revolution, one of the report’s authors said.
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Canada steelworkers occupy plant
May 11, 2007When 30 Canadian steelworkers who had taken over their plant on May 3 looked out the windows, they saw hundreds of supporters cheering them on. The United Steelworkers (USW) union, Local 4752, occupied and halted production...
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