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Librarians protest Patriot Act
September 2, 2005Commentary A lawsuit filed by an unnamed member of the American Library Association in Connecticut brings out in the open the Bush administration’s efforts to monitor our reading habits under the USA Patriot Act. The suit...
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September 2, 2005Service workers of the world unite! CHICAGO — Fifteen hundred unionists from 140 countries gathered here Aug. 22-25 to advance plans to increase workers’ power through global solidarity. The second world congress of UNI, Union Network...
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August 26, 2005La declaración criminal y peligrosa hecha por el líder “cristiano” de extrema derecha Pat Robertson en su programa de televisión “The 700 Club” el 22 de agosto, donde llamó por el asesinato del presidente venezolano Hugo...
Read moreOver 1,600 vigils oppose Iraq war
August 26, 2005PITTSBURGH — Candles flickered against the August sky as thousands gathered in their neighborhoods around this state, Aug. 17, inspired by Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan. From the city neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, where 981 neighbors...
Read moreUN summit will focus on development goals
August 26, 2005UNITED NATIONS — On Sept. 14, over 170 heads of state will descend on UN headquarters in New York for history’s largest gathering of world leaders, a three-day World Summit. High on the agenda will be...
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