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Bay Area hotel workers plan holiday actions
December 10, 2005SAN FRANCISCO — If your holiday plans include a stay at one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s prime hotels, chances are good that the people making up your room, cooking and serving you in the...
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Author Parenti speaks on myths of empire
December 10, 2005GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — “Empires are enormously profitable — for the ruling class. For the people, they are expensive,” noted author Michael Parenti said in a talk at the College of DuPage on Nov. 16. “Don’t...
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Houstonians demand: Clean the House – Dump DeLay!
December 10, 2005HOUSTON — Over 300 activists gathered on Dec. 5 to give Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land) and Vice President Dick Cheney a warm welcome here by shouting, “Clean the House — Dump DeLay” during rush-hour traffic....
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Texas Republicans oppose Bush on rice trade with Cuba
December 10, 2005HOUSTON — Texas rice farmers and a Republican member of Congress that they elected, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Humble), are angry about President Bush’s denial of their access to the Cuban rice market. A spending bill that...
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Iraq Communists slain
December 9, 2005A memorial ceremony for two members of the Iraqi Communist Party was held Dec. 1 in the party’s main headquarters in Baghdad, at Andulus Square. The two men, Abdul Aziz Jassim Hassan and Yas Kudhayer Haider,...
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