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Calif. labor on recall: We know how to say no!
September 5, 2003PLEASANTON, Calif. – The sun was hot but the angry shouts of “No recall!” from thousands of workers at Labor Day rallies and picnics in Northern California were even hotter. Sacramento celebrated with a picnic at...
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September in History
September 5, 2003Sept. 1, 1903 – Over 30,000 women from 26 trades march in the Chicago Labor Day Parade. Sept. 2, 1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain, W.Va.: 10,000 striking union miners fight against coal operators for recognition...
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Hes a deceiver
September 5, 2003This parody tracks The Monkees’ seminal 1967 arrangement of the song “I’m a Believer,” right up to the fade … Sing along! They said Bush was only spinning fairy tales Made to terrorize both you and...
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Music reviews: Four CDs from around the world
September 5, 2003Natural, Celso Fonseca (Six Degrees) This release establishes Celso Fonseca as one of Brazil’s up and coming Bossa Nova stars. His compositions are elegant, graceful and sensual, ranging from cool bossas like “Bom Sinal” and “The...
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Film review: Balseros reveals complexities of Cuban emigration
September 5, 2003Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech are Spanish television journalists who were assigned by Barcelona’s public television to cover the 1994 exodus of Cubans to the U.S. The film that resulted, Balseros, Spanish for “rafters,” has...
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