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New charges of torture, banned weapons in Iraq
December 2, 2005The Bush administration and the Iraqi government are once more on the receiving end of international outrage following the discovery of a torture dungeon linked to the U.S.-backed Iraqi government, and the admission that American soldiers...
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Battle rages vs. budget cuts
December 2, 2005300,000 each month to lose food stamps under GOP scrooge plan WASHINGTON — The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) denounced as a “spectacle of greed” a House vote Nov. 18 to approve $50 billion in cutbacks...
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‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ could get military off your campus!
December 2, 2005December 6, Don't Ask/Don't Tell Day of Action. Do you know about the Solomon Amendment? It is the legislation that mandates that colleges will LOSE their funding if military recruiters are not allowed full access to...
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GOP opposes ‘illegal immigration.’ An online exchange.
November 24, 2005I recently had an opportunity to read your article titled “Virginia gubernatorial race heats up” (by Emile Schepers) printed as an Online Extra in the Oct. 19 edition of the People’s Weekly World newspaper. In the...
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AFL-CIO clears way for solidarity charters
November 24, 2005WASHINGTON — Some details remain to be settled, but the AFL-CIO announced Nov. 16 that it will begin issuing “solidarity charters” to locals whose international unions recently disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to...
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