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War, economy fueling 2004 presidential race

March 21, 2003 By Susan Webb

The 2004 presidential elections are a year and a half away, but Bush’s global and class war policies are already heating up the race.

Abe Magil: A tribute to a working class, Marxist journalist

March 20, 2003 By Daniel Rubin

Marxist journalist and pamphleteer. Devoted family man and friend. Poet. Editor. Political leader. All of these describe Abe Magil, who died in January.

AFL-CIO renews health care campaign

March 20, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

After a long silence, the AFL-CIO has weighed in on the campaign for comprehensive health care reform. In their resolution, “Renewing the Drive for Comprehensive Health Care Reform,” the February meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council...

Womens groups blast Senate abortion vote

March 20, 2003

After the Senate’s March 13 vote in favor of a ban on so-called “partial birth” abortions, outraged women’s rights groups vowed to fight the law, and pointed to the importance of court nominees. National Organization for...

Child poverty and the Bush budget

March 20, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Nowhere is the fakery of “compassionate conservatism” better exposed than in George W. Bush’s 2004 budget proposals affecting the children in low-income families