News
Wall Street loves Bush budget
February 27, 2004Under the Bush administration, the federal debt has reached record dollar amounts. The latest budget, which claims to cut the deficit in half in five years, is a work of fiction – under the Bush program,...
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Southwest, the LUV airline, is a heart-breaker
February 27, 2004DALLAS – Flight attendants in Transport Workers Union Local 556 sent a powerful Valentine’s Day message to the bosses at Southwest Airlines Feb. 13 with informational pickets and rallies at all seven major airports served. There...
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Bush sneaks in another extremist judge
February 27, 2004Reaction to George W. Bush’s Feb. 20 back-door appointment of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor as a U.S. appeals court judge was swift and scathing. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), one of the senior members of the...
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International notes
February 27, 2004Spain: Dockers hurt during demonstrations At least 50 people were hurt Feb. 17 in clashes between police and dockers in various Spanish cities, Prensa Latina reported. Nearly 14,000 workers employed by Izar, the country’s largest naval...
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National Clips
February 27, 2004NASHVILLE, Tenn.: State defies drug companies, Bush Tennessee joins a host of Midwest and New England cities and states openly defying not only the huge drug corporations but also the Bush administration. Gov. Phil Bredesen, a...
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