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Stop the war meet calls for worldwide demos
January 13, 2006The international peace movement took another step forward last month when some 1,200 people gathered in London for the Dec. 10 “Stop the War” conference. The delegates, many from the United Kingdom, included representatives from about...
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National Clips
January 13, 2006CHICAGO: ‘Make steel not war’ President Bush got a surprise on his visit to the Windy City, Jan 6. His motorcade was met by nearly 1,000 peace, faith and community activists, with a vocal union contingent...
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30 years later, Peltier still battles for justice
January 13, 2006Leonard Peltier, the long-imprisoned American Indian Movement activist, sent out a recent message to supporters: “We are all geared up to file more appeals on new information my legal team has found while reviewing withheld documents....
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Anti-immigrant rallies fizzle in Texas, elsewhere
January 13, 2006DENTON, Texas — A group calling itself “Lone Star Minutemen” called a statewide protest against immigrant day laborers in this college town in the early morning of Jan. 7. Supporters of the group had declared their...
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Fla. high court nixes school vouchers
January 13, 2006TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court dealt a stunning blow to Gov. Jeb Bush’s highly touted state-sanctioned school voucher program Jan. 5, with a 5-2 majority declaring it unconstitutional. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Pariente...
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