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Should Chicago host the 2016 Summer Games?
April 7, 2009CHICAGO – For the last several days, 13 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have been touring this city and getting to know its landscape. Chicago is being evaluated as the potential host city for...
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World protests grow against capitalist crisis and war
April 7, 2009Beginning on Saturday 28 March in London and Berlin, and culminating in mass protests around the world on 4 April millions of working people and peace activists mobilized to express their rage at the deepening capitalist...
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Health care not warfare!
April 6, 2009NEW YORK—About 10,000 protesters marched through the Wall Street financial district April 4 chanting “Money for health care not for war, that is what we’re marching for.” It was the 42nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther...
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Surviving Jena Six: The dreams of Mychal Bell
April 6, 2009Original source: My name is Mychal Bell and I was one of the Jena Six that was charged with attempted murder down in Jena, Louisiana in 2006. As of now, seeing that we have a black...
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Employee Free Choice Act is good for Black workers
April 6, 2009Original source: The Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently under consideration by Congress, is a bill that would make it easier for all workers to join unions by giving them the option to choose how...
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