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Solidarity and the force of culture

January 9, 2003

Recently, I was considering the impact of cultural workers, musicians in particular, on the labor movement in light of the Dec. 16 Solidarity Rally in support of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, in New York...

Smallpox vaccine: Latest Bush Sept. 11 hoax

January 9, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

Dr. Thomas Mack, professor of medicine at the University of Southern California, has raised very serious questions regarding the smallpox vaccine assault of the Bush administration’s phony war on terrorism.

Citizen Action delegates call for health care

January 9, 2003 By Rosita Johnson

PEORIA, Ill. – “Stand Up! Keep Fighting!” was the theme of Illinois Citizen Action Convention here, Dec. 7.

Unemployed hold vigil

January 9, 2003

PHILADELPHIA – On Dec. 27 dozens of unemployed workers and their supporters gathered in front of Pennsylvania Career Links, the Unemployment Office here, to call for the extension of the Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program,...

The economic crisis comes home

January 9, 2003 By Bruce Bostick

The economic downturn has caused fiscal crises in almost every state and city.