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5,000 workers on strike at Yale
March 7, 2003New Haven, Conn. – Five thousand enthusiastic workers at Yale University including cooks, janitors, graduate student teachers, secretaries and lab technicians are making history with their one-week strike. The workers, from four unions, have filled city...
Read moreInterfaith march against war
March 7, 2003CHICAGO – Singing “peace, salaam, shalom” 2,000 clergy and lay worshipers solemnly paraded through the city’s Gold Coast on Feb. 23 to bear witness to the casualties of a U.S. pre-emptive war on Iraq. The action...
Read moreLlamadas inundan a Washington: NO A LA GUERRA!
February 28, 2003“Como un ciudadano norteamericano con una ascendencia en este continente que antecede la Guerra Revolucionario, yo quiero registrar mi plena oposición a cualquier tipo de ataque preventivo contra Irak o cualquier otra nación soberana.” Este fue...
Read moreUnions challenge Bush on war, civil liberties, economy
February 28, 2003DEARBORN, Mich. – Almost 200 union activists filled United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 600’s hall to hear union leaders speak out against Bush’s war on Iraq. The panel included many leaders of union locals, leaders of...
Read moreArtists speak out for peace at Rock the Vote Awards
February 28, 2003NEW YORK – This year’s Rock the Vote Awards couldn’t have been more timely. With a stated goal of “protecting freedom of expression and empowering young people to change their world,” the group used this star-studded...
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