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  • Calif. protesters to Arnold: Well be back

    Calif. protesters to Arnold: Well be back

    June 3, 2005

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A crowd of 20,000 people here May 25 protested the anti-labor policies of the Schwarzenegger administration in the largest demonstration in the state capital’s history. The rally was in opposition to the $70...

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  • French, Dutch EU votes create shockwave

    French, Dutch EU votes create shockwave

    June 3, 2005

    As French voters decisively said “Non” and Dutch voters said “Nee” to the draft European Union constitution, the future of the 25-nation bloc was left in question this week. The French vote, in which 55 percent...

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  • Interfaith solidarity boosts Pilsen workers

    Interfaith solidarity boosts Pilsen workers

    June 3, 2005

    CHICAGO — A string of yellow school buses brought interfaith religious leaders to the La Casa del Pueblo supermarket in the Pilsen community May 23 to demonstrate their support for workers who have been leading a...

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  • NYC mayors race: Bloomberg is Bush enabler

    NYC mayors race: Bloomberg is Bush enabler

    June 3, 2005

    NEW YORK — The struggle to defeat NYC’s Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg was an overriding theme at the New York State Communist Party’s May 22 district convention here. Although New York faces many issues, the delegates...

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  • Stem cell vote a big rebuff to Bush

    Stem cell vote a big rebuff to Bush

    June 3, 2005

    Scientists hailed the May 24 bipartisan House vote to expand embryonic stem cell research, a major rebuff to President Bush. They urged a fight to push the measure through the Senate. Fifty Republican representatives broke with...

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