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McKinney: History train will keep rolling for justice
September 13, 2002The following is an excerpt from Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s (D-Ga.) concession speech. McKinney, a 10-year incumbent and well-known voice for social justice and progressive causes, lost the Democratic primary to political newcomer Denise Majette. Majette was...
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Bush threatens ILWU and hard-won labor rights
September 13, 2002Nothing is more fundamental to America’s conception of itself than the freedom of speech and assembly. Unions, declared illegal in the early years of the republic, have fought for those rights for three centuries. But unionists...
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One year later, public mood shifts
September 13, 2002A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows two different Americas – one in September 2001 and the other in September a year later. The differences are striking. Seldom have there been such shifts in the...
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The Bush administration charts course towards global catastrophe
September 13, 2002The biggest threat to world peace and our nation’s security emanates not from the caves of Afghanistan, but from the Oval Office in the White House. If anyone thought that Bush’s talk about unending war was...
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World demands sustainable development
September 13, 2002At the 1992 United Nations summit meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the assembled peoples declared, “Human beings are the center of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony...
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