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Philly workers rally to defend contracts

July 16, 2004

PHILADELPHIA – The City Council’s passage of a $3.4 billion budget on June 11, a budget that includes steep cuts in a local income tax that funds many municipal services, has prompted anxiety and anger among...

NYC labor to protest at GOP convention

July 16, 2004

NEW YORK – In a break from a more than 20-year tradition, this city’s labor movement will forego its usual celebratory parade and instead hold a Labor Day protest of the Bush administration in front of...

RedPoppy.Net a tribute to Pablo Neruda

July 15, 2004

To commemorate the centennial of the birth of famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, a new web site and non-profit organization has emerged. Red Poppy, named for the favored use of the flower in Neruda’s poetry, states...

Letters

July 15, 2004

Saluting the courage of Lila Lipscomb I just saw Lila Lipscomb, [featured in “Fahrenheit 9/11”] on “Good Morning America.” I don’t know if you know how to reach her. Your web page popped up when I...

Editorials

July 15, 2004

Bush fiddles while AIDS burns The United Nations opens its 15th World AIDS Conference in Bangkok July 11, just days after a grim UN report that 5 million more people have become infected with the deadly...