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Peace groups vow to march
August 21, 2004NEW YORK — United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is going ahead with mobilization for its Aug. 29 peaceful and legal march past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican Convention, organizers stressed Aug. 18....
Read moreHugo Chavez wins in landslide
August 21, 2004The people of Venezuela went to the polls in record-breaking numbers Aug. 15 and voted by a 58 percent majority against the recall of their president, Hugo Chávez. With several hundred thousand votes yet to be...
Read moreDefeat Bush movement spurs mass voter sign-up
August 21, 2004Leaders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance had a busy day planned for Aug. 21.
Read moreSacramentans demand repeal of parade law
August 13, 2004SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Community activists and civil rights attorneys flocked to an Aug. 2 public hearing here to challenge the legitimacy of a year-old city ordinance that places sharp and seemingly arbitrary restrictions on what parade...
Read moreShifting political winds in Illinois a nationwide trend?
August 13, 2004The steady erosion of support for Bush’s ultra-right policies led the Kerry campaign earlier this summer to expand the list of potential “swing states” it believed to be competitive. Now there are indications that some congressional...
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