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Stop the torture! Fire Rumsfeld! Dump Bush!
May 28, 2004The National Board of the Communist Party USA released the following statement on May 23. The torture by U.S. military intelligence of Iraqi detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has ignited outrage at...
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Bush Iraq speech defends the indefensible
May 28, 2004Longtime Philadelphia labor activist Jim Moran had little use for George W. Bush’s May 24 Iraq policy speech. “It didn’t score any points with me,” Moran said.
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100,000 strikers force SBC to pick up phone
May 28, 2004CHICAGO – Phone giant SBC Communications got the message when 100,000 workers in 13 states put down their headsets and tool belts to hit the streets, transmitting their own powerful message. After a four-day strike, May...
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Music sampling
May 21, 2004Music reviewsMy Favorite DistractionCoral Egan (Justin Time, 2004) “My Favorite Distraction” is another strong effort by Canadian singer Coral Egan. Like her previous release, “Path of Least Resistance,” this talented performer displays a wide musical repertoire....
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Puncturing the myths of the New Economy
May 21, 2004Book review After the New Economy By Doug Henwood New Press, 2003, Hardcover 269 pp., $24.95 During the 1990s, conventional wisdom said that the old rules of capitalism no longer applied. The New Economy made recession...
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