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EDITORIAL: Take the long view
October 19, 2007It’s been said that Communists make the best fighters for social progress because they have the big picture of the struggle, the long view of the road towards a better society, and feel strongly about justice....
Read moreEDITORIAL: Lying about spying
October 19, 2007The Bush administration was pressing phone-spying on Americans long before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a former phone company CEO has revealed. According to a stunning Oct. 11 report in The Rocky Mountain News, former...
Read moreSparks fly at Capitol Hill hearing on Jena 6
October 19, 2007WASHINGTON — Witnesses in a Capitol Hill hearing Oct. 16 blasted the U.S. Justice Department for doing nothing as Jena, La., officials inflicted blatantly discriminatory punishment on six Black high school students while white students who...
Read moreThousands to march for peace Oct. 27
October 19, 2007‘This war is draining our communities’ United for Peace and Justice, the largest antiwar coalition in America, has announced plans for 11 peace marches to take place around the nation on Oct. 27. “Never before have...
Read moreAt 300 vigils, the cry is, Dont let Bush take away kids health care!
October 18, 2007WASHINGTON — Two-year old Bethany Wilkerson was making such a healthy, happy ruckus during a Capitol Hill rally, Oct. 16, that her mother, Dara, had to hand her over to the child’s father so she could...
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