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Students testify at SRC meeting
April 19, 2002PHILADELPHIA – An organized struggle against the state takeover and privatization of schools here continues. The Philadelphia Student Union has been one of the organizations that has been at the forefront of this struggle, and the...
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TANF on the ropes
April 19, 2002Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the replacement to the Aid for Dependent Children, is up for reauthorization this Fall. Last week, groups from the community to labor organized a national call-in to senators against the...
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Amnesty march calls for justice
April 19, 2002CHICAGO – Over 500 people marched here April 14, calling for amnesty for all undocumented immigrants, an end to the U.S. bombardment of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, and justice for all. The turnout showed...
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International Criminal Court established
April 19, 2002More than half a century after it was proposed in the ruins of World War II, the world’s first permanent court for the prosecution of war criminals was established on April 11 when 10 countries deposited...
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What globalization means to working people
April 19, 2002What does globalization mean to working people? Ask a member of UNITE and she’ll talk about the thousands of good paying jobs that were taken overseas. Talk to the young woman in Bangladesh who gets 20...
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