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Canadas Parliament gives thumbs up to same-sex marriages

July 14, 2005

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After a two-year-long heated debate, Canadian Parliamentarians approved Bill C-38 on June 28 allowing same-sex couples to marry. The legislation is now before the Senate, where it is in the final stages...

Hand of solidarity

July 13, 2005

The following is an e-mail letter received by People’s Weekly World editor Terrie Albano from London-based Morning Star editor John Haylett. The Morning Star is the only English-language socialist daily newspaper published in the world. For...

Letter from Peace Action: No more Hiroshimas abolish nuclear weapons

July 10, 2005

August 6 and 9, 2005 mark the 60th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. We're asking people to join at four central US nuclear weapons sites in major actions...

The soul of the anti-abortion stance

July 10, 2005

The retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has electrified the religiously based anti-abortion movement, which hopes to get President Bush to name a replacement who shares its views. In the coming debate, you will hear the...

Live 8 concerts demand Change, not charity

July 8, 2005

More than 1 million fans jammed into 10 venues across four continents for the Live 8, 24-hour concert extravaganza July 2 weekend. Two billion television viewers were estimated to have tuned in worldwide. The music marathon...