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Iraq’s communists urge political solutions

August 21, 2004 By Susan Webb

The military confrontation in Najaf needs to be resolved politically, through dialogue, Iraqi Communist Party spokesperson Salam Ali told the World in an Aug. 14 interview.

AFL-CIO gets down to nuts and bolts

August 21, 2004

CHICAGO — If America’s union members have anything to say about it, come Nov. 2 this country’s ship of state will be making a sharp course correction. And they’ll have plenty to say about it, judging...

Hugo Chavez wins in landslide

August 21, 2004

The people of Venezuela went to the polls in record-breaking numbers Aug. 15 and voted by a 58 percent majority against the recall of their president, Hugo Chávez. With several hundred thousand votes yet to be...

Defeat Bush movement spurs mass voter sign-up

August 21, 2004 By Susan Webb

Leaders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance had a busy day planned for Aug. 21.

Shifting political winds in Illinois a nationwide trend?

August 13, 2004

The steady erosion of support for Bush’s ultra-right policies led the Kerry campaign earlier this summer to expand the list of potential “swing states” it believed to be competitive. Now there are indications that some congressional...