National
Sacramento clamps down on free speech
August 22, 2003The Sacramento City Council appears to be doing John Ashcroft’s dirty work by having passed two unconstitutional ordinances, 2003-026 and 2003-028, that suppress freedom of speech. The Council unanimously voted for the secretive resolutions on June...
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August 22, 2003Petoskey, Mich.:Nurses demand respect, patient care About 280 nurses, members of Teamsters Local 406 at Northern Michigan Hospital (NMH), have been on strike since Nov. 14 to improve wages, pensions, working conditions, nurse-patient ratios, and other...
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Tucson protests Bush visit
August 22, 2003TUCSON, Ariz. – Over 1,700 spirited demonstrators greeted President George W. Bush when he arrived for a brief visit to the area on Aug. 11. Bush came to Tucson to push the administration’s misnamed “Healthy Forest...
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Bush lies, who dies?
August 22, 2003It’s time to lobby your congressional representative and senators to demand that they support an independent investigation of Bush’s lies about the reasons for waging war on Iraq. United for Peace and Justice, a national coalition...
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Auto workers say open the books
August 15, 2003DETROIT – As the U.S. economy lurches toward the end of its third year of recession, workers everywhere are struggling to keep ends together, autoworkers no less than anyone else. Contract talks between the United Auto...
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