Peace
Peace March: Largest Labor Contingent Ever?
May 1, 2006It was a jubilant festival of resistance that spilled down Broadway on Saturday, as anti-war marchers once again pulled out the stops with colorful costumes and chants to demand an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from...
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The economic cost of the Iraq war
April 29, 2006President Bush proposes to cut $1.4 million from the program for early detection and screening of breast and cervical cancer, denying services to 4,000 women. The Iraq war costs $1.4 million every 7 minutes, 22 seconds.
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Western siege of Palestinians fuels misery, anger
April 29, 2006A warning by a senior UN official this week that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is reaching a “potentially dangerous deterioration” was but one of many signs pointing to a deepening crisis. A humanitarian catastrophe is already unfolding...
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Growing risk of war, Iran party says
April 29, 2006The U.S. will push for sanctions against Tehran at the upcoming meeting of the UN Security Council and has not ruled out taking military action to compel Iran’s government to discontinue its uranium enrichment program, Secretary...
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Labor boosts peace rally
April 29, 2006PHILADELPHIA — “New York peace rally drawing broad labor support” reads the headline of a story on the web site of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America. According to the article, the CWA executive board voted...
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