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Vote for Change registration drive kicks off in 50 states
May 17, 2008CHICAGO — Turning its attention toward the November general elections, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign kicked off a massive 50-state voter registration campaign on May 10. Thousands of volunteer activists, including many first-time volunteers, gathered in more...
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Where will we live?
May 17, 2008Community groups take on housing crisisOAKLAND, Calif. — As she led dozens of neighbors, ACORN activists and journalists on a walking tour of the East Oakland working-class neighborhood where she has lived for nearly 40 years,...
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The Kurdish question and the fruits of imperialism
May 15, 2008An ongoing guerilla war is raging in Southeastern Turkey and Kurdish regions of U.S.-occupied Iraq. The war is led by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which since its inception in Turkey has fought for a socialist...
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American Axle workers keep up the fight
May 15, 2008DETROIT -- No one at American Axle expected to be out for three months, but workers continue to keep the dozen or so gates of the sprawling American Axle complex in Detroit fully staffed. While there...
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China launches massive rescue after Sichuan earthquake
May 14, 2008The Chinese government’s response to a massive earthquake in Sichuan Province May 12 has been swift, according to a number of news sources. The government said that tremors and aftershocks were felt in 16 provinces, from...
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