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  • One year later, rally renews call for immigrant rights

    One year later, rally renews call for immigrant rights

    March 16, 2007

    CHICAGO — Calling for defense of immigrant rights and an end to the Iraq war, some 2,000 people rallied at the Federal Plaza here March 10. The action took place exactly one year after a Chicago...

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  • Cuban head of State Security tells untold story

    Cuban head of State Security tells untold story

    March 16, 2007

    In “JFK: The Cuba Files, the Untold Story of the Plot to Kill Kennedy,” Fabian Escalante tells the untold story of a “counterrevolutionary project … of groups and individuals … linked to conspiracy.” Escalante’s account deserves...

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  • Israeli films challenge historical conditions

    Israeli films challenge historical conditions

    March 16, 2007

    There was a noticeable absence of films from Palestinian directors at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. However, Israel provided two intriguing award-winning films, both challenging long-standing Israeli policies. The Israeli occupation of Palestine was...

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  • Coalition demands full funding for human needs

    Coalition demands full funding for human needs

    March 16, 2007

    HOUSTON — A new group, the Coalition of Working People and the Poor (CWPP), held a press conference Feb. 28 on the steps of City Hall. Under the leadership of Bishop James Dixon II of the...

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  • Were bankrupt! We have too much money!

    Were bankrupt! We have too much money!

    March 16, 2007

    “Is the United States bankrupt?” That’s the title of a lead article in a recent issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review. The article’s author, Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff, notes that 77...

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