News
Priests arrest spotlights Haiti repression
October 29, 2004Father Gerard Jean-Juste, a Roman Catholic priest, pro-democracy activist, former Lavalas government cabinet minister and defender of the poor was arrested by Haitian police on Oct. 13, becoming the latest victim of the unfolding wave of...
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Cubas uniqueness
October 29, 2004This is a wonderful book. Thanks to Isaac Saney’s gracefully written summation of the struggles, problems, shortcomings, and vision of the Cuban Revolution, one-stop shopping for knowledge about Cuba is now available. And who has not...
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S.F. hotel owners defy mayors ultimatum
October 29, 2004SAN FRANCISCO — The fat was in the fire Oct. 26 as operators of 14 large downtown hotels defied San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s demand to end a four-week lockout of their workers and accept a...
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Letters
October 22, 2004What’s wrong with being a lesbian? Enough. The Bush-Cheney campaign has succeeded — yet again — in using a gay matter to distract voters from the real issues facing our nation. Simply put, there is nothing...
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Editorials
October 22, 2004Soldiers say no to ‘suicide’ Knowing they faced possible court martial, it was an act of great courage for 18 Army Reservists in Iraq to refuse to obey an order that they viewed as “suicidal.” The...
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