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Bush, GOP block aid for jobless

December 21, 2001

WASHINGTON – Playing the “Grinch who stole Christmas,” President Bush and his Republican helpers on Capitol Hill blocked a Senate bill that would provide an additional 13 weeks in jobless benefits and extend health care for...

U.S. grain arrives in Cuba

December 21, 2001 By Fred Gaboury

Two ships, one loaded with frozen chicken parts worth $300,000 and the other with 26,400 tons of corn, arrived in Havana, Cuba Dec. 16, marking the first direct sales of U.S. products to Cuba in since...

Consumerism run amok

December 21, 2001

Lasn Kalle, the founder of Adbusters Magazine, mixes satire, comedy and social commentary into Culture Jam: How to Reduce America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge – and Why We Must. Culture Jam, a collection of short essays dealing...

Why TV news ignores wars opponents

December 21, 2001

If you think no one in America opposes the Afghan war, it’s not because you’ve been living in a cave. You’ve just been watching too much television news. The war’s opponents have been largely absent from...

A New Year’s message

December 21, 2001

Without socialism, the countries of the world cannot reduce their illiteracy rate to zero, attainable and necessary for progress. Without socialism, all the people of the world will not have access to potable water that is...