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May 12, 2006Students rally against sweatshops Fifty UCLA students from United Students Against Sweatshops and other groups led an on-campus rally on May 2 to demand sweatshop-free collegiate apparel. They demanded that Chancellor Albert Carnesale endorse the “Designated...
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St. Louis raises $3,000 at awards breakfast
May 12, 2006ST. LOUIS — The Missouri/Kansas Friends of the People’s Weekly World held their 14th annual Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Awards Breakfast here April 29, educating listeners about Venezuela and raising $3,000 for the PWW fund...
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No permanent bases Congress vote shows growing public pressure to exit Iraq
May 12, 2006WASHINGTON — Peace organizations hailed Senate enactment May 3 of an amendment by Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) that cuts off funds for construction of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq while affirming that the U.S. does...
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Protests rock Puerto Rico: Workers say Let the rich pay for fiscal crisis
May 12, 2006Protest rallies and marches have rocked Puerto Rico since May Day, when the government closed down 43 agencies, throwing 95,000 people out of work due to a budget shortfall of $738 million. More workers have been...
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U.S. teachers study education in Venezuela
May 11, 2006A delegation of 16 teachers, 12 of them from Maine, returned April 24 from Venezuela where they got a firsthand look at educational changes in a nation where 80 percent of the people are poor and...
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