activism
At GOP fundraiser, protesters warn “Rauner and Christie – bad for Illinois, bad for USA”
August 12, 2014Chris Christie brought checks to the fundraiser totaling $4 million, demonstrators shouted, "Illinois is not for sale."
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U.K.: 150,000 rally for solidarity with the people of Gaza
August 11, 2014Ms. Mahmood, the party's shadow exchequer secretary to the Treasury, made the plea at a 150,000-strong rally for solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday.
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Upon the fire of war, Netanyahu’s government pours gasoline
August 5, 2014War is a human disaster: Not only due to the victims, but also because it brings in plain view many evil and ugly phenomena: violence, racism, nationalist zeal.
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Robey Theatre Company celebrates with Paul Robeson Theatre Festival
August 5, 2014The two-day Festival celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Robey Theatre Company, dedicated to developing "innovative new plays written about the Black experience."
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Nurses to strike this week at Bay Area hospitals
August 5, 2014Concerns about safe staffing levels are one cause of the planned strikes: RNs are unable to take meal and rest breaks without leaving patients with inadequate staffing care
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