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U.S. denies visa to Cuban leader
September 16, 2005The U.S. government announced Sept. 2 that Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National Assembly, would not be granted a visa to attend the second conference of parliamentary presidents held by the Inter-Parliamentary Union Sept. 7-9...
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New Yorks Labor Day parade
September 16, 2005NEW YORK — As many as 200,000 people marched Sept. 10 in New York City’s Labor Day parade, including workers from all the city’s unions, anti-Wal-Mart activists, elected leaders, mayoral hopefuls — and People’s Weekly World/Nuestro...
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Venezuela exports solidarity: Citgo sponsors Puerto Rican festival
September 9, 2005CHICAGO — Fiesta Boricua, the annual Puerto Rican community festival in Humboldt Park here, got a lifeline from an unusual source. Venezuelan-owned Citgo donated $100,000, half of the festival’s cost, so the show could go forward...
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Letters
September 9, 2005Stop corporate looters There should be no profiteering permitted off of the suffering of the people in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi and elsewhere because of the hurricane and flood. I have called on N.J. Sen. Jon...
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Labor Update
September 9, 2005A storm of solidarity AFL-CIO unions are recruiting 1,000 rank-and-file members across the country to provide assistance in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers can sign up at www.aflcio.org/hurricane. Delegates to the Communications Workers convention voted...
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