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  • Lawsuit seeks overturn of Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigrant law

    Lawsuit seeks overturn of Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigrant law

    August 23, 2006

    Civil liberties groups filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Hazleton, Pa., on Aug. 15, challenging a city ordinance that makes it illegal to sell goods or services, rent to, hire or help undocumented immigrants....

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  • Brooklyn peace marchers call for Mideast cease-fire

    Brooklyn peace marchers call for Mideast cease-fire

    August 22, 2006

    NEW YORK — On Aug. 9, dozens of Brooklynites gathered at the corner of 3rd Ave. and Flatbush Ave., in a quickly mobilized demonstration called by Brooklyn Parents for Peace (BPFP), to voice concern and outrage...

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  • U.S. vets, Koreans: End Korean War  finally

    U.S. vets, Koreans: End Korean War finally

    August 18, 2006

    Korean Americans at the Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle, Aug. 11, made an impassioned plea for solidarity with the embattled farmers of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, who are being evicted to make way for a vast...

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  • Community supports Hotel Workers Rising

    Community supports Hotel Workers Rising

    August 18, 2006

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Over 50 union representatives, ministers, community leaders and local elected officials met here Aug. 9 to begin organizing local support for Unite Here and its Hotel Workers Rising campaign. Half the recent increase...

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  • BOOKREVIEW: Failed States

    BOOKREVIEW: Failed States

    August 18, 2006

    Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy By Noam Chomsky Henry Holt and Co. Metropolitan Books Hardcover, 320 pages, $24.00 A “failed state” is a condition of state dilapidation, when a state...

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