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October 9, 2003

SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Labor/community coalition wins living wage It took four years of hard, smart work to produce a 6-2 vote by the Sacramento City Council approving a living wage ordinance, Sept. 30. Sacramento is the 18th...

Labor meeting accents unity, struggle

October 9, 2003

HARTFORD, Conn. – A fighting spirit filled the hall last week as the Connecticut AFL-CIO convention mapped out plans for the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, support for striking machinists and university workers, and turnout for the...

N. Calif. banquet to honor Freedom Riders

October 9, 2003

OAKLAND, Calif. – Struggles for democracy, civil and workers’ rights, equality and peace will be celebrated at this year’s Northern California People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo banquet on Sunday, Nov. 9. Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders from HERE...

The Pan-American pastime: Dominican Dominance

October 3, 2003 By Chas Walker

The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker

Racism and the California recall

October 3, 2003 By Rosalío Muñoz

Jeremy Ryan’s article “Texas Redistricting Plan Threatens Equality” (PWW 9/20-26) is a significant contribution towards the unification of people’s forces, by laying bare the racist content of the Republican leadership’s offensive against our electoral democracy.