Peace
Death toll mounts in Iraq quagmire
April 9, 2004A series of confrontational actions by the U.S. occupation triggered armed uprisings throughout Iraq in the last week, costing the lives of dozens of Americans and well over 100 Iraqis. click here for Spanish text
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Hip-hoppers hope to GOTV
April 2, 2004CHICAGO – On a rainy Thursday night, March 25, over 200 young Black adults came together in Chicago’s newest community center named in honor of the late Harold Washington. It was located in the heart of...
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Pinocchios nose and the lie factory
April 2, 2004Opinion Many years ago, Italian children’s author Carlo Collodi wrote a story about a wooden marionette, Pinocchio. This story comes to mind when people lie repeatedly – like Pinocchio, we imagine their noses growing as the...
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A heroic defense and a cruel system
April 2, 2004Opinion The Southern California grocery strikers are true working-class heroes. Seventy thousand held fast to their strike over four and a half months, a remarkable achievement in the current “jobless recovery.” Many had to find other...
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Intimidation, fraud mar El Salvador vote
April 2, 2004SAN SALVADOR – Far from being a victory for democracy, El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election made a mockery of free and democratic elections. Antonio Saca, the U.S.-backed candidate of the National Republican Alliance (ARENA), won...
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