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  • New wave of protests circles the globe

    New wave of protests circles the globe

    March 20, 2003

    For the second time in four weeks, demonstrators filled the streets in hundreds of cities around the world to protest the Bush administration’s drive to war against Iraq in defiance of the United Nations and world...

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  • European unions stop work to oppose war

    European unions stop work to oppose war

    March 20, 2003

    Heeding a call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), millions stopped work at midday March 14, in a 15-minute protest against a possible attack on Iraq. Similar actions took place on other continents. In its...

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  • AFL-CIO renews health care campaign

    AFL-CIO renews health care campaign

    March 20, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    After a long silence, the AFL-CIO has weighed in on the campaign for comprehensive health care reform. In their resolution, “Renewing the Drive for Comprehensive Health Care Reform,” the February meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council...

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  • Womens groups blast Senate abortion vote

    Womens groups blast Senate abortion vote

    March 20, 2003

    After the Senate’s March 13 vote in favor of a ban on so-called “partial birth” abortions, outraged women’s rights groups vowed to fight the law, and pointed to the importance of court nominees. National Organization for...

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  • Child poverty and the Bush budget

    Child poverty and the Bush budget

    March 20, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

    Nowhere is the fakery of “compassionate conservatism” better exposed than in George W. Bush’s 2004 budget proposals affecting the children in low-income families

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