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Charges dropped vs. Oakland protesters

April 30, 2004

OAKLAND, Calif. – In a victory for the right of peaceful protest, the district attorney’s office said April 22 it is dropping charges against 24 demonstrators and a longshoreman arrested by Oakland police during antiwar protests...

Ohioans demand jobs, quality schools

April 30, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio – School board members and superintendents, public officials, and 1,400 building trades workers demonstrated in front of the Ohio School Facilities Commission here, April 22. They demanded some control over how $360 billion in...

Cuba Friendshipment caravan set for June

April 30, 2004

In June and July, the 15th IFCO/Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba will visit over 120 U.S. cities, challenging the U.S. government to end the blockade of that island nation. An estimated 200 people will...

Campaign to name park for Lucy Parsons

April 30, 2004

CHICAGO – A proposal to name a northwest side park in honor of Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, has drawn heated opposition by the Fraternal Order...

Bush ataca derecho femenino

April 23, 2004

“La dama fue a la ventana y dijo, ‘Perdona, pero no voy poder llenar su receta’. Yo dije, ¿Hay algo mal con la receta? Y ella contestó, “No, es que yo personalmente no creo en control...