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June 4, 2004Venezuela: Economy is growing The Central Bank says Venezuela’s economy grew by nearly 30 percent in the first quarter 2004, compared to the same period last year, Venezuelanalysis.com reported. In the first quarter of 2003, a...
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Empty boots send a plea: End Iraq war
June 4, 2004WASHINGTON – George W. Bush praised the “fierce courage” of U.S. soldiers as he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day. The same weekend, he dedicated the World War II...
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Coalition of Black Trade Unionists: Mobilize the vote
June 4, 2004Bush lies ‘coming and going,’ CBTU leader charges ATLANTA – Energy and solidarity lit up the 33rd Annual Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU). Meeting here over the Memorial Day weekend, CBTU set...
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Spanish Civil War songs
May 28, 2004Record review Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War Multiple artists, Appleseed Recordings, 2003 The songs of the Spanish Civil War are a red thread connecting the left of the 1930s to those...
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Mr. Bush, you’d have liked my brother
May 28, 2004An open letter to President Bush written by Dante Zappala, the brother of Sgt. Sherwood Baker who was killed in Iraq, April 26, 2004.
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