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October 28, 2005BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Conyers calls for universal health care Over 50 health care professionals and community leaders jammed Carver Theater Oct. 22 to launch a grassroots movement to enact universal health care legislation. Keynote speaker Rep. John...
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Bay Area school workers fight for contracts
October 28, 2005SAN FRANCISCO — School workers and teachers here and across the bay in Oakland are ramping up their struggle in long and difficult contract talks. A sea of colorful T-shirts — blue for United Educators of...
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Public outcry blocks GOP budget cuts
October 28, 2005Massive public pressure forced the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives to abruptly delay action last week on major slashes in human services programs. The slashes, contained in a budget amendment, would have increased mandatory...
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Grandmothers sit in to end war
October 28, 2005NEW YORK — Eighteen grandmothers tried to enlist in the Army here Oct. 17, and were arrested for disorderly conduct after staging a sit-in. When the grandmothers, ranging in age from 60 to 90, found that...
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Capital campaign goes over the top
October 28, 2005A national campaign to raise funds to help ready three regional centers for working-class education and struggle reached and over fulfilled its goal this week. The Chicago-based Workers Education Society joined the New York-based Chelsea Fund...
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