Evelina Alarcon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Evelina Alarcon
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Environmental voter group targets S. Dakota race
June 21, 2002The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has named Rep. John Thune (R-S.D.) first on its 2002 list of “Dirty Dozen” congressmen for his voting record on environmental issues. The league is targeting Thune for defeat in...
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Rally demands justice at ports
June 21, 2002LOS ANGELES – Demanding “justice at the waterfront,” the nation’s three most powerful transportation unions will join forces on Thursday, June 27, for a history-making Solidarity Day at West Coast ports.
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International notes
June 21, 2002Spanish workers poised for general strike/Czech communists make gains in elections/Nigerian Labor sets warning strike/German construction workers strike/ICEM demands end to killing of Colombian unionists/S. Korean Hyundai workers strike
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‘Eyewitness to Occupation’ events
June 14, 2002“This is just what we need to be doing,” was the reaction of many of the participants in two Connecticut “Eyewitness to Occupation” events featuring remarks by Judith Le Blanc following her two-week fact-finding tour as...
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Manhattan public access TV elects new chairman of board
June 14, 2002NEW YORK – The Board of Directors of Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), the recently expanded public access cable television network, has elected one of New York City’s most active advocate journalists, Donald Suggs, as its new...
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Lawyer challenges detention
June 14, 2002Attorney Donna R. Newman announced June 11 that she will challenge the detention of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen who is being held by the Justice Department without criminal charges as a suspect in a “bomb...
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Candidate calls for recount
June 14, 2002NEWARK, N.J. – In a closely contested run-off City Council election held here June 11, independent progressive candidate Ras Baraka was denied a seat as a Councilman-at-Large by a mere 85 votes. In these run-off elections,...
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International notes
June 14, 2002Britain’s unions worried about attacks on workers’ rights/Bangladesh protesters target ‘Status of Forces’ pact with U.S. /Striking dockers paralyze Belgian ports/SACP condemns banks for HIV/AIDS discrimination/Cuba donates vaccine to Uruguay/German workers conduct ‘warning strikes’
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