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After historic march: No justice yet for Jena 6
September 28, 2007JENA, La. — The day after tens of thousands marched to free the Jena Six, Melissa Bell stepped out of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in tears Sept. 21 after the judge denied bail for her son,...
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Autoworkers buoyed by solidarity
September 28, 2007Tentative pact reached after nationwide strike In an unprecedented show of solidarity across the country, labor got behind the nation’s autoworkers as they went out on strike against General Motors last week. It started when 73,000...
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50,000 march to Free the Jena 6
September 22, 2007JENA, La. — An estimated 50,000 protesters riding hundreds of chartered buses from across the nation arrived in this little town at dawn Sept. 20 for a daylong demonstration demanding freedom for the “Jena Six.” The...
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Informe sobre Irak convence a poco
September 21, 2007El muy esperado informe al Congreso del general David Petraeus, comandante de las fuerzas militares estadounidenses en Irak, no hizo nada para cambiar la opinión del pueblo norteamericano, cuya gran mayoría se opone a la guerra...
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Michael Hanusiak, activist and journalist, 93
September 21, 2007Michael Hanusiak, a lifelong activist and leader in the Ukrainian progressive community, died on Oct. 11, 2006. He was 93. Hanusiak was born in 1913 in New Haven, Conn. As a child, he was surrounded by...
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