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Haymarket landmark finally established
September 24, 2004CHICAGO — The Teamsters trucked it up from downstate. The Chicago Federation of Labor had lobbied for the funding from the state of Illinois. The Illinois Labor History Society campaigned tirelessly for it.
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Public workers hit the streets in S. Africa
September 24, 2004Hundreds of thousands of South African public workers held a one-day strike Sept. 16 over the government’s rejection of their demands for a 7 percent wage hike, an across-the-boards medical aid and housing allowance, and review...
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U.S. sets its sights on Vietnam once again
September 24, 2004Earlier this summer, on July 19, the House of Representatives passed HR 1587, the “Vietnam Human Rights Act,” by 322 votes to 45. The bill seeks to limit non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam, to provide extra funding...
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East German vote shows mounting anger
September 24, 2004BERLIN — The Sept. 19 elections in two East German states dealt heavy losses to the country’s two major parties, with electoral gains for the left and, disturbingly, the extreme right. The voting was fueled by...
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Bushs war plunges Iraq deeper into crisis
September 24, 2004Democratic presidential contender John Kerry captured what many Americans — including an unprecedented array of military commanders and leading Republicans — are saying about Iraq, when he charged that George W. Bush has created “a chaos...
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