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Whats really behind the trials in Cuba

April 17, 2003

At an April 9 press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque presented a detailed discussion of the recent trials of Cubans charged with acting in the interest of a foreign state to harm...

Texas workers fight cuts in public services

April 17, 2003

AUSTIN – The right wing’s drive to slash government services in Texas ran into stiff resistance when about 2,000 workers converged here April 9. They gathered to tell state leaders that Texas can’t afford cuts to...

National Clips

April 17, 2003

WASHINGTON, DC: ‘Bring the troops home, now’ As the peace movement debates its next steps toward curbing Bush administration militarism and deepening national unity for peace, demonstrations continued. On April 12, 30,000 marched in the nation’s...

LA City Council: Let immigrants drive

April 17, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – State legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses won the support of the Los Angeles City Council recently and passed through the state Senate Transportation Committee April 2. The latter...

Communist Party to hold conference on health care

April 17, 2003

In an effort to help mobilize and organize its members for action, the Communist Party is calling an emergency national conference, “The Crisis in Healthcare and the Fightback,” set for New York City on May 17...