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May Day rally honors peace & labor groups
May 7, 2003NEW HAVEN – Five peace and labor organizations in Connecticut have been selected to receive People’s Weekly World Newsmaker Awards at an annual May Day rally to be held here on May 4. The groups will...
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ILWU: Dump Bush in 2004
May 7, 2003SAN FRANCISCO – Delegates to the 32nd Convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), celebrated their recent contract victory and targeted the 2004 elections as the next major battle facing their members.
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U.S. troops fire on Iraqi demonstrators
May 7, 2003U.S. troops killed 15 Iraqis including at least six children and wounded 75 at a rally near Baghdad April 29, and killed another two civilians and wounded 18 the next day during a march of 1,000...
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What does supporting our troops mean?
April 18, 2003Opinion Recently there has been a spate of hateful responses to people who expressed opposition to the unjust war in Iraq. Opposition has been equated to not supporting our troops in the field. This is absolutely...
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Who was César Chavez?
April 18, 2003Opinion “César Chávez? Oh, yeah, wasn’t he a great boxer?” This is an all too common answer to the question, “Who was César Chávez?” César Estrada Chávez was a Mexican American labor leader, civil rights activist...
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