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EDITORIAL: Independence for Puerto Rico
September 22, 2006Today, Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony. In the final document of its just-completed summit conference in Havana, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries reiterated its support for the right of the Puerto Rico nation to independence...
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EDITORIAL: The Pope & Bushs holy war
September 22, 2006Pope Benedict XVI stirred worldwide outrage when he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor calling Islam “evil and inhuman,” a faith that has been “spread by the sword.” In apologizing, he claimed the quote was taken out...
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Cuban life, beauty and complexity in black and white
September 22, 2006Cuba Photographs by Jack Kenny Corazon Press, 2005 Hardcover, 120 pp., $65The island nation of Cuba is one of the most fabled places on earth. Just the mention of its name evokes a plethora of images,...
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Dont lie to us
September 22, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceThe drive to organize 2,000 workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital moved into high gear this year when the hospital signed a landmark community benefits agreement. In addition to addressing community concerns about jobs, housing, education...
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Peoples assembly names Lopez Obrador president
September 22, 2006Delegates to an extraordinary National Democratic Convention in Mexico City last weekend chose Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as Mexico’s new president. They also decided to continue the campaign of peaceful civil resistance to prevent the officially...
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