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Peace groups to Congress: Open up debate on Iraq
March 17, 2006National peace organizations are pressing Congress to open up debate on getting the U.S. out of Iraq. With Bush insisting on “staying the course” and “not believable any more,” Congress is “the only body left to...
Read moreKatrina homeless march on White House
March 17, 2006WASHINGTON — Hurricane Katrina survivors marched from Capitol Hill to the White House, March 14, stopping at FEMA along the way, to demand that President Bush reverse FEMA’s decision to evict 10,000 hurricane evacuees from hotels...
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March 17, 2006Campus antiwar group fights spying The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of University of California–Santa Cruz Students Against the War, demanding that the Department of Defense immediately release information related to its...
Read moreA veterans account: Gulf Coast march for peace, justice
March 17, 2006MOBILE, Ala. — I joined more than 150 Iraq war veterans, Vets for Peace and Gold Star parents together with Hurricane Katrina survivors beginning a 138-mile march from here to New Orleans, March 14. They accused...
Read more“Were here to stay!” Nations largest immigrant rights rally rocks Windy City
March 17, 2006Hundreds of thousands of people from all over Chicago and surrounding areas marched here March 10 in one of the biggest pro-immigrant demonstrations in U.S. history, displaying massive support for immigrant rights.
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