Peace
Police attack injures protesters, workers
April 11, 2003OAKLAND, Calif. – Outraged witnesses and community leaders used words like “preemptive,” “premeditated,” and “brutal” during an emotionally charged meeting of the Oakland City Council to describe the Oakland Police Department’s attack on anti-war demonstrators and...
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Texas House debates war
April 10, 2003AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives on April 2 passed a resolution supporting the war in Iraq, but not before some spirited debate and a demonstration in the House gallery against the war. House...
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Stop this disastrous war against Iraq
April 10, 2003This is a slightly edited version of a March 22 statement. With the launching of rocket attacks by U.S. military forces in the early morning of March 20, the war against Iraq aimed at a “regime...
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Peace is theme in Chavez celebrations
April 10, 2003Celebrations of the life of Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, have spread acrsoss the country since his death ten years ago. They include protests, marches, teach-ins and festivals as well as official city,...
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As they bury a fallen son, Maryland says, War is not the answer
April 10, 2003BALTIMORE – On a cold April 4 with the daffodils blooming, the Waters-Bey family buried their son, Marine Staff Sergeant Kendall Waters-Bey, at a military cemetery in the rolling countryside of Greenspring Valley north of here....
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