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  • EDITORIAL: Take the long view

    EDITORIAL: Take the long view

    October 19, 2007

    It’s been said that Communists make the best fighters for social progress because they have the big picture of the struggle, the long view of the road towards a better society, and feel strongly about justice....

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  • EDITORIAL: Lying about spying

    EDITORIAL: Lying about spying

    October 19, 2007

    The Bush administration was pressing phone-spying on Americans long before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a former phone company CEO has revealed. According to a stunning Oct. 11 report in The Rocky Mountain News, former...

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  • Sparks fly at Capitol Hill hearing on Jena 6

    Sparks fly at Capitol Hill hearing on Jena 6

    October 19, 2007

    WASHINGTON — Witnesses in a Capitol Hill hearing Oct. 16 blasted the U.S. Justice Department for doing nothing as Jena, La., officials inflicted blatantly discriminatory punishment on six Black high school students while white students who...

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  • At 300 vigils, the cry is, Dont let Bush take away kids health care!

    At 300 vigils, the cry is, Dont let Bush take away kids health care!

    October 18, 2007

    WASHINGTON — Two-year old Bethany Wilkerson was making such a healthy, happy ruckus during a Capitol Hill rally, Oct. 16, that her mother, Dara, had to hand her over to the child’s father so she could...

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  • Are the Jena 6 victims of GOP dirty tricks?

    Are the Jena 6 victims of GOP dirty tricks?

    October 18, 2007

    Louisiana’s LaSalle Parish Judge J.P. Mauffray ordered 17-year-old Mychal Bell back to jail for another 18 months Oct. 12, stirring outrage across the nation since an appeals court threw out Bell’s conviction as an adult on...

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