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  • Letters

    Letters

    November 14, 2003

    Illuminating bus ride On a cross-town bus the other day a tired looking woman got on with her bundles and settled into an empty seat. Finding herself next to an old friend, she brightened up and...

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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    November 14, 2003

    Stop the ‘free trade’ highway robbery A decade ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was sold with promises it would create 200,000 new jobs in the U.S. in the first two years while raising...

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  • UN to Bush: End the blockade against Cuba

    UN to Bush: End the blockade against Cuba

    November 14, 2003

    'Hasta la vista, blockade!' Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque delivered a blistering speech to the United Nation General Assembly Nov. 4 calling for the end of the U.S.-imposed embargo against the socialist nation.

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  • Palestinian Peoples Party: Accords basis for peace

    Palestinian Peoples Party: Accords basis for peace

    November 14, 2003

    The “Switzerland Agreement,” also known as the “Geneva Accords,” is an important political “mechanism that should be built on” to reach a just and lasting peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a statement issued by...

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  • Students around globe oppose trade in education

    Students around globe oppose trade in education

    November 14, 2003

    The International Union of Students (IUS) was joined by regional students’ organizations from around the world on Sept. 13 in a Global Student Day of Action to Defend Public Education. The action was aimed at the...

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