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CAFTA disaster opposed
June 11, 2004DALLAS – North Texans were among the many Americans worried when the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was signed May 28 by the foreign ministers of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and U.S....
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Venezuelan unionists champion democracy
June 11, 2004NEW YORK – New York’s Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) hosted a panel discussion of Venezuelan labor leaders here May 26. The delegation included leading members of the Venezuelan Transport Workers, Public Service Workers, Grain...
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National Clips
June 11, 2004BRUNSWICK, Ga.: Protesters ‘unwelcome’ G-8 Summit Caravans of military Humvees patrolled the cobblestone streets in this coastal town starting June 5. Legions of Secret Service agents and an estimated 10,000-20,000 federal, state and local police roamed...
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Activists death prompts call for U.S. probe
June 11, 2004CHICAGO – Friends and relatives of community activist May Molina Ortiz are demanding that the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald, carry out a special investigation of her death in police custody May 25. The...
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Reinvest in America: Dump Bush in 2004
June 11, 2004News Analysis PITTSBURGH – Revivals uplift the heart and soberly prepare the head for Monday morning. Hundreds of coal miners, steelworkers, public employees, auto workers, teachers, neighborhood leaders and families filled the United Steelworkers of America...
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