News
Wal-Mart gets one foot in the door
June 4, 2004CHICAGO – Ignoring hundreds of protesters, the City Council voted May 26 to allow one Wal-Mart store to be built here. However, a proposal for a second store did not get approval at this time. The...
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Becerra tells voters Rumsfeld has to go
June 4, 2004LOS ANGELES – “Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld must resign or be fired,” said Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) to a May 22 meeting with constituents from the Lincoln Heights neighborhood, part of his congressional district here. Becerra...
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Laundry corp. treats workers like dirt
June 4, 2004ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Nearly 100 UNITE and Jobs with Justice members, as well as, youth and community activists rallied outside of the Angelica Corp. shareholders meeting here, May 25. At issue are Angelica’s repeated labor...
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National Clips
June 4, 2004NASHVILLE, Tenn.: Hundreds demand “Fire Bush” While the grotesque amounts of money the Bush administration is spending on this campaign captures headlines, the grassroots movement to dump Bush is out at every stop, every photo-op and...
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Attorney released from Ashcroft hell
June 4, 2004PORTLAND, Ore. – The FBI apologized to Portland attorney Brandon Mayfield on May 24 after he was released from two weeks in the Multnomah County Detention Center. While Mayfield was held without charges as a “material...
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