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Protests across the nation: Bring the troops home

October 31, 2003

WASHINGTON – In the first major antiwar protest since Bush declared an end to combat operations in Iraq on May 1, tens of thousands marched near the White House Oct. 25 carrying placards reading, “Bush lied,...

National Clips

October 30, 2003

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.: More cities reject Patriot Act The grassroots movement to defend democratic rights and reject the Patriot Act now represents 25.5 million Americans as Bisbee, Ariz., Robbinsdale, Minn., and Urbana, N.Y. all declared their respective...

Senate rebukes Bush on Cuba

October 30, 2003

By a voice vote, the U.S. Senate last week approved an amendment to the Department of Transportation bill that would strip the government of all funding for the enforcement of its much-criticized ban on travel to...

Carole Collier Florida freedom fighter is mourned

October 24, 2003

LARGO, Fla. – Carole Collier, chairperson of the Communist Party of Florida and a tireless advocate for equality, peace and socialism, passed away Sept. 28. She was 84. Family, friends, and comrades gathered for a memorial...

Keep the pressure on for peace and justice

October 24, 2003 By Jarvis Tyner

Opinion Because of the growing opposition to the Iraq war, the state of the U.S. economy and deep concerns about new threats to democratic rights, things are moving to the left.