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Rally urges right to drivers licenses for all
September 3, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. — Demonstrators rallied in cities around California Aug. 26 in support of a bill giving undocumented immigrants the right to apply for driver’s licenses. SB 1160, the Immigrant Responsibility and Security Act, introduced by...
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National Clips
September 3, 2004CHICAGO: Windy City rallies to defeat Bush “The emperor has no clothes,” thundered Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), referring to George W. Bush. “Iraq will go down as one of the worst blunders in our nation’s history.”...
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The economics of offshore outsourcing
September 3, 2004News Analysis Last spring the television show, “The West Wing,” came very close to portraying reality. In that episode, a trade pact negotiated by a presidential aide allowed a U.S. tech company to “offshore” 17,000 jobs...
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Labor moves into precincts to protect vote
September 3, 2004Tens of thousands of shop stewards, union activists and labor lawyers will be enforcing the Voting Rights Act on Election Day and in the weeks leading up it. Through a non-partisan campaign it calls “My Vote,...
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Oust Bush coalition surges in Florida
September 3, 2004WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A movement of unions, senior citizen and civil rights organizations is working hard to defeat George W. Bush in this battleground state even as Gov. Jeb Bush and the Republican right...
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