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  • Letters

    Letters

    September 30, 2005

    Disaster-dependent no more For President Bush, the disaster that is Hurricane Katrina puts “paid” to the idea that his administration is disaster-dependent. Four years ago, his failing presidency was saved by the 9/11 WTC disaster. With...

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  • Editorial: Hypocrisy on terrorism

    Editorial: Hypocrisy on terrorism

    September 30, 2005

    While the Bush administration talks tough on terrorism, it went to court to keep admitted terrorist murderer Luis Posada Carriles from being brought to justice. Posada Carriles, among other things, masterminded the 1976 bombing of a...

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  • Guantanamo hunger strike

    Guantanamo hunger strike

    September 30, 2005

    Despite conflicting reports from the Pentagon and total silence from the Red Cross, prisoners at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have held several hunger strikes since 2002, protesting conditions and their prolonged confinement...

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  • Cuts in affirmative action and wages inundate hurricane survivors

    Cuts in affirmative action and wages inundate hurricane survivors

    September 23, 2005

    Working families in the Gulf region are being hit by a second disaster as the Bush administration uses the current emergency to slash wages and open the door for discriminatory hiring practices across an area already...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    September 23, 2005

    Extradite Posada Carriles The Bush administration offer of protection to Luis Posada Carriles through a low-key, immigration hearing in El Paso, Texas (PWW 9/10-16), ignored by the media, in fact applies the unconstitutional Cuban Adjustment Act...

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