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New peace initiatives under way in Sudan
April 29, 2005The gravity of the present Sudan crisis is perhaps best depicted by a 1994 Pulitzer-prize winning photo of a vulture intently awaiting the death of a famine-stricken, emaciated child seen crawling towards a distant UN food...
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Indian communists call for uprooting inequality
April 29, 2005NEW DELHI — The 18th congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) concluded April 11 with a rally of 100,000 people at Talkatora Stadium here. The extreme heat and sun couldn’t keep the overflow crowd away....
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Labor pushes minimum wage hikes
April 29, 2005To counter the anti-people program being put forward by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his corporate backers, the California Labor Federation is putting forward its own program for economic recovery.
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Calif. hotel boycott grows: Korean, Mexican unionists pledge support
April 29, 2005San Francisco and Los Angeles hotel workers’ long-running contract battles to save quality health coverage and win decent wages and reasonable workloads are intensifying, with “street heat,” boycott successes and growing international solidarity.
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National Clips
April 29, 2005LOUISVILLE, Ky.: Protest ‘Justice Sunday’ In the heart of the Bible belt, April 24, hundreds filled the Central Presbyterian Church under the banner of “Freedom and Faith” to condemn Republican Party efforts to hijack Christianity. The...
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