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July 16, 2004Colombia: Cheaper to shoot unionists than to negotiate A new report by the London-based International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) concludes that in Colombia it’s quicker, cheaper and less risky for employers to kill trade unionists...
Read moreCrisis in western Sudan deepens
July 16, 2004Despite recent pledges by the Sudanese government of President Omar el-Bashir to address the acute humanitarian crisis and the ongoing militia attacks on Black African civilians in the Darfur region of western Sudan, where thousands have...
Read moreCanadian youth group reestablished
July 16, 2004Vancouver, British Colombia – After an absence of 12 years, the Young Communist League (YCL) is back on the Canadian political scene. Young members of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) and others have reestablished the...
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July 16, 2004OAK RIDGE, Tenn.: Protesters to Bush: ‘The WMDs are here’ A roving picket line of scores of Oak Ridge residents bird-dogged Bush’s motorcade July 12, denouncing the war in Iraq, calling for an end to nuclear...
Read moreMarriage amendment defeated by 50-48 vote
July 16, 2004WASHINGTON – By a stunning bipartisan vote of 50 to 48 on July 14, the Senate rejected the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). The fact that 48 senators who backed this divisive amendment couldn’t even muster a...
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