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Social Forum kicks off Defeat Bush week
August 1, 2004BOSTON – Expressing many of the same themes as the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, over 4,000 people came together to discuss the issues of the day in the Boston Social Forum (BSF) held at...
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Delegates cheer away every blast at Bush
July 31, 2004BOSTON – Speakers at the Democratic National Convention here echoed the fighting mood among the 4,500 delegates and the thousands of grassroots activists outside the Fleet Center. More than 800 of the delegates are trade unionists...
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Iron range miners prepare to strike
July 31, 2004Two thousand iron ore miners at four taconite mines in Minnesota and Upper Michigan stepped up preparations for a strike against the Cleveland-based company Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., even as negotiations continued pushing up against a July 31...
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Wellstone legacy: Stand up and fight
July 31, 2004BOSTON – A plane crash nearly two years ago silenced Minnesota’s Senator Paul Wellstone, who often stood alone in the well of the U.S. Senate hammering Bush administration policies and defending affirmative action, peace, civil liberties,...
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Forum call for defense of civil liberties
July 31, 2004BOSTON – As the Democratic National Convention opened, over 450 delegates, activists and political and public officials held a July 26 forum here on civil liberties and the impact of the USA Patriot Act. The forum...
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