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Chicago labor, clergy lead rally for peace
March 21, 2003CHICAGO – More than 10,000 Chicagoans jammed Daley Center Plaza on March 16 in the largest peace demonstration here since the Vietnam War, to demand that the Bush administration allow United Nations weapons inspectors to complete...
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European unions stop work to oppose war
March 20, 2003Heeding a call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), millions stopped work at midday March 14, in a 15-minute protest against a possible attack on Iraq. Similar actions took place on other continents. In its...
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AFL-CIO renews health care campaign
March 20, 2003After a long silence, the AFL-CIO has weighed in on the campaign for comprehensive health care reform. In their resolution, “Renewing the Drive for Comprehensive Health Care Reform,” the February meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council...
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Actors Guild warns against blacklisting
March 14, 2003LOS ANGELES (AP) – The entertainment industry must not blacklist people who speak out against war with Iraq, the Screen Actors Guild said last week. “Some have recently suggested that well-known individuals who express ‘unacceptable’ views...
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There is no good news
March 14, 2003The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ unemployment report for February reminds one of the nightly radio broadcast by the London correspondent of CBS News in the early days of World War II. “There is no good news,...
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