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  • A New Year’s  message

    A New Year’s message

    December 21, 2001

    Without socialism, the countries of the world cannot reduce their illiteracy rate to zero, attainable and necessary for progress. Without socialism, all the people of the world will not have access to potable water that is...

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  • Going too far?

    Going too far?

    December 21, 2001

    On Nov. 1, Nancy Oden, an organic farmer, drove 100 miles from Jonesboro, Maine to the Bangor airport. A member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Green Party USA, she was going to an important...

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  • What’s wrong with free trade?

    What’s wrong with free trade?

    December 21, 2001

    The uneven consequences of free trade founded upon neoliberal policy protecting the interests of Big Business hurts people from every walk of life. With government complicity, supply side economics, gunboat diplomacy and tax breaks for the...

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  • Fighting terrorism without destroying the law

    Fighting terrorism without destroying the law

    December 21, 2001

    In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, there has been a lot of attention paid to the Portland, Ore. Police Bureau’s response to a request by federal authorities to question 23 men of Middle...

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  • Bush proposes police state public health law

    Bush proposes police state public health law

    December 21, 2001 By Phil E. Benjamin

    How could anyone oppose a strong public health system – one with a mandate to protect everyone from such potential disasters such as smallpox or anthrax? Given the disastrous shape that the U.S. public health system...

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