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July 16, 2004

The ultimate dirty trick The effort by the tottering Bush administration to find ways to postpone the Nov. 2 national elections is its latest and most serious dirty trick to keep control of the government. According...

Philly workers rally to defend contracts

July 16, 2004

PHILADELPHIA – The City Council’s passage of a $3.4 billion budget on June 11, a budget that includes steep cuts in a local income tax that funds many municipal services, has prompted anxiety and anger among...

NYC labor to protest at GOP convention

July 16, 2004

NEW YORK – In a break from a more than 20-year tradition, this city’s labor movement will forego its usual celebratory parade and instead hold a Labor Day protest of the Bush administration in front of...

Senate report: Iraq intelligence was wrong

July 16, 2004

Although 20 percent of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Iraq remains secret, what was released July 9 sheds the cold light of day on the Bush administration’s intelligence used to support its first-strike policy...

RedPoppy.Net a tribute to Pablo Neruda

July 15, 2004

To commemorate the centennial of the birth of famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, a new web site and non-profit organization has emerged. Red Poppy, named for the favored use of the flower in Neruda’s poetry, states...