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South Korea: Rumsfeld beset by protests

November 22, 2003

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to South Korea last week provoked stormy demonstrations over a period of several days. It was Rumsfeld’s first visit to the country as Bush’s defense secretary, and one of his...

Demonstrations confront Bush in London

November 22, 2003

President George W. Bush’s state visit to London this week has provoked an “unwelcoming” response of huge proportions, with mass demonstrations, teach-ins, debates, school walkouts, film showings, poetry readings, and plays organized to oppose Bush’s policies...

National Clips

November 22, 2003

ATLANTA, Ga.: Patriot Act inspires dictatorships, says Carter First, former Vice President Al Gore, and now former President Jimmy Carter have condemned the Patriot Act. On Nov. 11 Carter said civil liberties have eroded in the...

Tyson workers vow to keep up fight

November 22, 2003 By Babette Grunow And Gary Grass

“Another day longer, another day stronger.” That’s how striking Tyson Foods worker Sherri Anderson summed up the status of what is shaping up to be an epic labor battle. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney visited the picket...

Big push to block GOP energy bill

November 22, 2003

WASHINGTON – Calls resounded on Capitol Hill for senators to block enactment of the 1,000-page Energy Policy Act, a Christmas tree laden with sugarplums for the oil and gas monopolies. The House approved the energy bill...