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The budget First congressional battle
January 7, 2003The federal government has been operating on stop-gap spending measures ever since Oct. 1 because the House and Senate could not agree on a budget for fiscal year 2003. Instead, Congress passed several “continuing resolutions” that...
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Media again duped by Pentagon
January 7, 2003The Federation of American Scientists has pointed to a startling revelation by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that mainstream media have missed: In remarks during a recent press briefing, Rumsfeld suggested that though the controversial Office...
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Resignation fever a whole Lotta shakin goin on
January 7, 2003“I just looked around, and they were gone, Henry, Bernard and Trent.” Oops, doesn’t have the same ring as the classic song about Dr. King and President Kennedy, does it? The hit parade these past weeks...
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The fight for water. A fight for human rights
January 7, 2003Water. We see it everywhere. (see related story below) Many of us take water for granted. All we have to do is open a faucet and this life-sustaining liquid just pours out into our glass to...
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Organizing an all-peoples coalition
January 7, 2003The following is an excerpt from opening remarks to the National Committee of the Communist Party which met on Nov. 16, 2002 in New York City. Some of you may be wondering about the relationship between...
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