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PWW/NM a hit at Bud Billiken parade
August 22, 2003CHICAGO – The Bud Billiken parade, this city’s biggest parade and the largest gathering of African Americans in the country, has been held every year since 1929. It was started by the late Robert S. Abbott,...
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Iraq blast sparks call for UN to take charge
August 22, 2003A deadly bomb explosion at the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad Aug. 19 sparked calls for a stronger UN role in Iraq and a rapid end to the U.S. occupation.
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Celebrating the life of Nelson Brown
August 15, 2003The work and life of Nelson Brown, Sr., who died on July 25, was celebrated at a memorial service recently at Philadelphia’s Canaan Baptist Church with family, friends, community leaders, and comrades from the Eastern Pennsylvania...
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Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists
August 15, 2003I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic “experts.” – Woody Guthrie Though the Left of the United States has always celebrated the arts,...
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Auto workers say open the books
August 15, 2003DETROIT – As the U.S. economy lurches toward the end of its third year of recession, workers everywhere are struggling to keep ends together, autoworkers no less than anyone else. Contract talks between the United Auto...
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