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  • AFL-CIO questions war on Iraq

    AFL-CIO questions war on Iraq

    October 25, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Growing grassroots opposition to President Bush’s drive to war with Iraq found expression in the leadership ranks of the labor movement earlier this month when AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told members of Congress that war should...

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  • Turnout key in dead-heat elections

    Turnout key in dead-heat elections

    October 25, 2002 By Susan Webb

    We are “One Vote Away” from right-wing control of all three branches of the federal government warns People For the American Way (PFAW) in a television ad being aired in states where Senate races are too...

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  • Labor, community fight anti-bilingual drive

    Labor, community fight anti-bilingual drive

    October 25, 2002

    BOSTON – “We don’t need a California business magnate to come to Massachusetts and tell us how to educate our children,” Kathleen Kelly, president of the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, said, expressing the sentiments of a...

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  • Young communists prepare for convention

    Young communists prepare for convention

    October 25, 2002 By Abdul-Aziz Hassan

    NEW YORK – For the past seven months, members of the Young Communist League USA (YCL) have been traveling around the country, organizing cultural events, doing election work, and forging alliances with youth organizers, all in...

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  • Prescription drugs: Spinmeisters at work

    Prescription drugs: Spinmeisters at work

    October 25, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    In a blatant attempt to highjack debate on domestic issues now that he has congressional approval for waging war against Iraq, President Bush has embarked on a desperate campaign to maintain control of the House of...

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