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March 29, 2002Bush’s war on poor George W. Bush lectured the world on poverty in his speech to a U.N. conference in Mexico but he ignored the rising poverty in his own backyard. It’s not a coincidence. The...
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Honor César Chávez
March 29, 2002WHEREAS: César Chávez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America, was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, leading a five- year boycott of grapes, which led to the first union contracts for farm...
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Jews, Muslims, Christians: Palestine peace
March 29, 2002WASHINGTON – Peace and faith organizations – Jewish, Christian and Muslim – alarmed that the Palestinian-Israeli death toll is surging during this high holy season – are calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands and...
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Letters
March 22, 2002April 20 Oftentimes when you’re an activist you can get kind of worn out because the Bush administration is wilding on us and around the world. But reading your editorial last week about marching on Washington,...
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Dominican community honors Martinez
March 22, 2002NEW YORK – On March 17, a coalition of left and progressive organizations of the Dominican community in the Washington Heights neighborhood here gathered to pay homage to the memory of Orlando Martinez. Martinez was a...
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