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  • We can end this war!

    We can end this war!

    April 29, 2006

    To end the war and occupation in Iraq, the peace movement must continue to press Congress to bring the troops home and support every effort to move them to act. Congressional Democrats under pressure from the...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    April 29, 2006

    Peaceful protesters picket perfectly Probably around last week I picked up the April 8-14 issue of People’s Weekly World in order to find an article for my Community Studies class. We were writing about activism in...

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  • Postpone drug plan deadline!

    Postpone drug plan deadline!

    April 29, 2006

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — The same labor-backed coalition that last year helped successfully derail GOP President George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization scheme has launched a campaign to get lawmakers to postpone the May 15 deadline seniors...

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  • Displaced Katrina survivors lose health care benefits

    Displaced Katrina survivors lose health care benefits

    April 29, 2006

    As Medicaid waivers begin to expire, Katrina evacuees who need health care are growing ever more desperate. In September 2005, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the federal agency which administers Medicaid, initiated a...

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  • CWA hits high-tech visas

    CWA hits high-tech visas

    April 29, 2006

    Spotlighting an aspect of the nation’s immigration debate that has received little attention, the Communications Workers executive board voted April 18 to lobby against a guest worker program which allows employers to create a temporary workforce...

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