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June 1, 2007Argentina: Children march against hunger, poverty “They arrived as always, singing and holding hands. They entered the Plaza de Mayo as if they were playing,” according to the web site of the CTA, Argentina’s central labor...
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In Colombia, scandals mount and people mobilize
June 1, 2007Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been adamant that 56 prisoners held by the country’s principal guerilla army, the left-leaning Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), would be freed by military rescue operations, not through a humanitarian...
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Honoring the Rosenbergs, celebrating resistance
June 1, 2007In the 1950s, during the height of the anti-communist hysteria led by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy, thousands of people, from shop workers to Hollywood figures, became victims during the Cold War’s initial years. Hundreds were...
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Massachusetts candidates debate Iraq war
May 31, 2007CHELMSFORD, Mass. — More than a hundred people packed the Chelmsford police station May 23 to hear five candidates seeking to replace Rep. Martin Meehan (D-5th C.D.). Meehan is stepping down from Congress to become chancellor...
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Ohioans urge end to foreclosure frenzy
May 25, 2007CLEVELAND – Residents appealed to Congress May 21 to end the epidemic of home foreclosures wrecking their city. Community leaders, public officials, researchers and banking experts charged in testimony at a Congressional hearing that the Federal...
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