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  • Iraq Moratorium asks How many more will die?

    Iraq Moratorium asks How many more will die?

    September 28, 2007

    CHICAGO — Dozens of peace activists, covered in white sheets, some stained with fake blood, lay motionless on the concrete with red carnations atop their bodies in a “die-in” at Federal Plaza here Sept. 21, symbolizing...

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  • Grassroots rising: Communists to hold October regional meets

    Grassroots rising: Communists to hold October regional meets

    September 28, 2007

    NEW YORK — Hundreds of Communist Party USA activists will be gathering this October in a series of three regional conferences as part of the CPUSA’s campaign to broaden and deepen party building. Members on the...

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  • After historic march: No justice yet for Jena 6

    After historic march: No justice yet for Jena 6

    September 28, 2007

    JENA, 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

    Autoworkers buoyed by solidarity

    September 28, 2007

    Tentative 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

    50,000 march to Free the Jena 6

    September 22, 2007

    JENA, 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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