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Memorial celebration set for Laura Ross
September 14, 2007BOSTON — A memorial celebration will be held here Sept. 29 to honor longtime Boston area peace and justice activist Laura Ross, who died Aug. 6. Ross was born in Pennsylvania in 1913 of Lithuanian immigrant...
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Protest to demand release of Colombian rebel
September 14, 2007WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is turning justice on its head with the trials of Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera, charges a U.S. group dedicated to his release. The National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera has called...
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Judge temporarily halts no-match letters
September 14, 2007A federal judge for the 9th District in Los Angeles has issued a temporary injunction until Oct. 10 to stop the issuance by the Social Security Administration of a revised “no-match” letter that many feared would...
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Taking religion seriously
September 14, 2007BOOK REVIEW Religion figures heavily in today’s politics. Every day, fundamentalist Jews murder Palestinians, fundamentalist Muslims murder other Muslims, and fundamentalist Christians help provide a cover for the most ruthless empire in history. How can it...
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Powerful play about a dark time
September 14, 2007One of my earliest memories is peering out our apartment window as my mother pointed to a car parked outside. “That’s the FBI,” she said. Another memory is sitting on my mother’s lap, talking to my...
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