Evelina Alarcon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Evelina Alarcon
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NAACP announces action against racial disparity
May 31, 2002ATLANTA – The NAACP announced May 16 a major directive against states where racial disparity still exists in public school systems.
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International notes
May 31, 2002Leaders highlight poverty, inequality/Nepal emergency extended over strong opposition/Germans don’t like euro/Cuban, South African CPs sign agreement/Panama wants U.S. to clear explosives
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Charleston crane operators win after walkout
May 31, 2002South Carolina crane operators won a whopping labor victory this week after their refusal to work nearly shut down all operations at the Port of Charleston, the nation’s fourth largest container port.
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Film festival salutes New York City
May 25, 2002NEW YORK – The Second Annual Golden Age of Cinema Film Festival (www.goldenageofcinema.org) is presenting an eight-week cinematic tribute to New York City through July 2.
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Crowd trips lite fantastic on Gersons 70th
May 25, 2002NEW YORK – The Larry Siegel Ensemble played favorites, old and new, and the crowd took to the dance floor May 19 to celebrate Si and Sophie Gerson’s 70th wedding anniversary at Winston Unity Center.
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International notes
May 25, 2002East Timor the world’s newest nation/South Africa celebrates Sisulu’s 90th birthday/South Korean unions threaten strike/Tensions continue over massacre in Kashmir/Australian “anti-terror” legislation dealt setback
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Immigrant legalization campaign launched
May 25, 2002LOS ANGELES – In Los Angeles and 30 other cities, a broad national coalition of labor, community and religious organizations announced on May 15 an unprecedented grassroots campaign to urge President Bush and Congress to pass...
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May Day rally focuses on unity, elections
May 18, 2002NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In his keynote speech to the historic 2002 People's Weekly World Newsmaker Awards rally, John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, paid tribute to the pioneering leadership of the left in our...
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