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Ashcrofts specter looms
November 15, 2002NEW YORK – If you happened to be in downtown Manhattan on Election Night, you might have seen a 20-by-50-foot demonic specter of John Ashcroft overtake the giant billboard at the corner of Houston and Lafayette,...
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Republicans suffer big defeat in Illinois
November 15, 2002CHICAGO – Democrats swept nearly every statewide office and won majorities in both houses of the state legislature in Illinois. Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin was easily re-elected over a little known Republican, Jim Durkin. Durkin excoriated...
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Class warfare in Colorado: Steelworkers mark fifth anniversary of strike
November 15, 2002PUEBLO, Colo. – The locked-out steelworkers from United Steel Workers of America Locals 2102 and 3267 gathered here at the state fairgrounds in October to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the strike at the CF&I steel...
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San Antonio marches for peace
November 15, 2002SAN ANTONIO – On October 26 a coalition of political, religious and peace groups marched against the idea of attacking Iraq, The march started in the downtown area, and wound its way to the Alamo, several...
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ILWU ties pension demands to technology
November 15, 2002LOS ANGELES – Agreement on pension benefits is the decisive issue now confronting the West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and their employers, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), as both parties headed to the...
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