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Letters
August 27, 2004Republican convention Today in Tucson, 8/29/04 Freedom of speech stands on the street in boldface, alliteration and rhyme SIGN UP (while syllables stressed and unstressed dressed in camouflage count off in mindless cadence) SLOGANS floating on...
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Editorials
August 27, 2004Safeguard the vote In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer made her famous, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” speech at the Democratic Party Convention. She called for the seating of the integrated Mississippi Freedom...
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Germans on the march against reforms
August 27, 2004BERLIN — People are suddenly on the march again. The government’s “reform package” known as “Agenda 2010,” but especially its cruelest item, the jobless reform law, has shaken German working people and especially the jobless out...
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National Clips
August 27, 2004ATLANTA, Ga. – Georgians reject Miller, Bush Thousands were expected to march here Aug. 27, in solidarity with the massive demonstrations in New York City against the Republican National Convention (RNC). In a joint press release...
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Rally protests cuts in widows pensions
August 27, 2004EAST CHICAGO, Ind. – Over 500 outraged steelworkers marched at Ispat-Inland Steel here Aug. 9 to demand an end to cuts in widows’ pensions. They carried signs blasting Lakshmi Mittal, controlling owner of the profitable steel...
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