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  • Silenced again: My Name is Rachel Corrie postponed indefinitely

    Silenced again: My Name is Rachel Corrie postponed indefinitely

    April 7, 2006

    New York City is known throughout the world as a bastion of free artistic expression. That is, apparently, unless the art is about the struggle of the Palestinian people. Or at least that was the message...

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  • At Agent Orange meet, a plea to U.S.

    At Agent Orange meet, a plea to U.S.

    April 7, 2006

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Activists and Vietnam War veterans wrapped up a global conference on Agent Orange March 29 with a plea to the U.S. government and chemical companies to take responsibility for health problems linked...

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  • A million UK workers strike for their pensions

    A million UK workers strike for their pensions

    April 7, 2006

    On March 28 over a million local government workers staged Britain’s biggest nationwide walkout since the 1926 general strike. And they warned that they will strike again and again if necessary to stop the government from...

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  • Populist revolt in Latin America

    Populist revolt in Latin America

    March 31, 2006

    A specter is haunting Latin America — the specter of “populism.” Hardly a week goes by without a warning from pundits that the region may return to its “populist” past. We are warned of economic failure,...

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  • Over 500,000 rally in L.A. for immigrant rights

    Over 500,000 rally in L.A. for immigrant rights

    March 31, 2006

    LOS ANGELES — The over half million immigrant rights supporters who rallied in Los Angeles March 25 sent their fellow Americans and their government a clear message: We are Americans, we are workers who build up...

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