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Protesters say: no more nukes!

August 15, 2003

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Over 1,200 demonstrators from many organizations gathered near Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Aug. 10 to demand the Bush administration end plans to develop new nuclear weapons and fulfill its obligation under the Nuclear...

Cuba solidarity group returns with fanfare

August 15, 2003

BUFFALO – The 34th contingent of the Venceremos Brigade triumphantly returned from its visit to Cuba on Aug. 4 when participants walked across the International Peace Bridge from Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, to Buffalo, N.Y., without...

National Clips

August 15, 2003

ANNISTON, Ala.:‘Stop burning of chemical weapons’ Despite years of protests and court action by residents, the U.S. Army began burning chemical weapons along one of the most densely populated sections of the Atlanta to Birmingham corridor...

AFL-CIO 2004 election plans

August 15, 2003

CHICAGO – The City of Big Shoulders was an appropriate place for the mid-year AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting Aug. 5-6. Here organized labor, deliberately and with little fanfare, began the heavy lifting of coordinating and mobilizing...

Texans are getting fired up!

August 15, 2003

When Texas progressives gather together they often complain. And yet, at a recent Dallas meeting of the North Texas Friends of the People’s Weekly World, participants couldn’t help but note a number of positive developments in...