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Big stakes in Calif. recall

August 8, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – The effort to recall California Gov. Gray Davis involves more than the fate of a Democratic governor. At stake is the future political direction not only of California but our nation.

Protest message to White House: More jobs, less bull

August 8, 2003

CHICAGO – As George W. Bush settles into his Crawford ranch for his carefree, month-long vacation, working families are saddled with worries about jobs, health care and the state of the economy. Over three million jobs...

Together a peaceful world is possible

August 7, 2003

Opinion It fills my heart with hope to be with you at the 2003 World Conference against A and H Bombs. To meet with the representatives of peace movements from here and around the world is...

What is going on in Iraq today? An Iraqi view

August 7, 2003

Raid Fahmi is a member of the Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP). He represented the ICP at the International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties in Athens, Greece, June 19-20, 2003. The ICP...

Victory against lead poisoning in NYC

August 7, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

In the early 1980s, public health, children’s advocates and pro-people politicians won passage of a law that required the elimination of all lead-based paint, where it exists, in New York City residential housing. It was known...