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GRASSROOTS POWER

September 17, 2004

Editor’s Note: Hundreds of thousands of volunteers are knocking on doors across the country to defeat Bush. Many are young people and first-time activists. In the next six issues, the PWW will publish voices from this...

America the Beautiful a call to struggle

September 17, 2004 By Tim Yeager

In 1893, a 34-year-old English teacher from Massachusetts rode a mule to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. As she stood at the summit, she beheld the vista of the Great Plains spreading out to...

Letters

September 17, 2004

Arnold got it wrong The following is an open letter sent to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. On behalf of “girlie men” everywhere I’m perplexed. Last night while you were speaking at the Republican National Convention, you...

Editorials

September 17, 2004

1-866-OUR-VOTE The Election Protection Coalition initiated by the NAACP and People for the American Way is enlisting 25,000 volunteers and 5,000 lawyers across the nation to guarantee that Black voters are not denied their right to...

Capitalism, politics & natural disasters

September 17, 2004 By Annie Fox

As I write this here in Florida, recovery from Hurricane Charley is still under way. Frances has barely gotten through the South. And now Hurricane Ivan is moving through the Gulf of Mexico.