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Conference to fight FTAA convenes
November 27, 2002HAVANA – Over 1,000 delegates from around the world, primarily from the Americas, are gathered here for the Second Hemispheric Conference of Struggle Against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Conference participants came from...
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Baltimore City Council hears residents: Stop the War on Iraq!
November 27, 2002BALTIMORE – Anti-war activists crowded the ornate City Council chamber Nov. 20 to testify in support of a council resolution by Councilman Kwame Abayomi opposing George W. Bush’s threat of 'unilateral, preemptive military action against Iraq.'...
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Carpenters union to rejoin AFL-CIO
November 27, 2002WASHINGTON (Press Associates Union News) – Ending a long split, the Carpenters will reaffiliate with the AFL-CIO on Dec. 1, according to a memo to local councils from Federation Building and Construction Trades Department President Edward...
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Civil rights groups blast court nominees
November 27, 2002Defenders of the Bill of Rights warned that Senate votes to confirm Dennis Shedd and Michael McConnell to the Fourth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal is part of the Bush administration’s plan to pack the...
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The unwelcome guest at your holiday dinner
November 27, 2002Opinion As the holidays approach, thoughts inevitably turn to an important part of these celebrations – food and, in particular, turkey. We may also wish to consider the health and environmental impacts of how the meat...
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