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September 3, 2004The smug, well-fed GOP More than 500,000 anti-Bush protesters marched past the Republican Party’s convention site Aug. 29, chanting, “Four more months!” It was hardly an auspicious start for the GOP’s highly scripted coronation of George...
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Cuba rebounds from Hurricane Charley
September 3, 2004Cuba specializes in hurricanes, but Charley was different. During two hours in the early morning of Aug. 13, Havana Province experienced its worst storm since 1915. Charley was only the fourth August hurricane of the past...
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Unity and the grass roots are labors real power
August 27, 2004It’s been a long time since the labor movement has been so united, so energized and so mobilized. This remarkable upsurge is based on fierce determination by union members to defeat George Bush and elect John...
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Letters
August 27, 2004Republican convention Today in Tucson, 8/29/04 Freedom of speech stands on the street in boldface, alliteration and rhyme SIGN UP (while syllables stressed and unstressed dressed in camouflage count off in mindless cadence) SLOGANS floating on...
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Editorials
August 27, 2004Safeguard the vote In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer made her famous, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” speech at the Democratic Party Convention. She called for the seating of the integrated Mississippi Freedom...
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