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  • Rights for immigrant workers needed now more than ever

    Rights for immigrant workers needed now more than ever

    May 7, 2003

    Opinion Thousands of immigrants are planning a May Day mobilization in Washington, D.C., with a clear message: Rights for immigrant workers now! The national day of action on this international workers’ day is being organized by...

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  • From Earth Day 2003 to Election Day 2004

    From Earth Day 2003 to Election Day 2004

    May 7, 2003

    The next 559 days – from Earth Day 2003 to Election Day 2004 – could be the most important year and a half in American environmental history. The next 559 days may spell the difference between...

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  • The Everglades: Saving Floridas river of grass

    The Everglades: Saving Floridas river of grass

    May 7, 2003

    Members of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) were selling T-shirts at the Bailey General Store on this barrier island along Florida’s Gulf coast a few days before Earth Day, April 22. In observance of Earth Day...

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  • Anti-immigrant bills pushed in Texas

    Anti-immigrant bills pushed in Texas

    May 7, 2003

    Two pieces of Texas legislation, House Bill 1845 (authored by Rep. Todd Smith) and Senate Bill 944 (authored by Sen. Steve Ogden), propose that immigrants carry new driver’s licenses that would identify them as non-citizens. These...

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  • Cinco de Mayo has many lessons

    Cinco de Mayo has many lessons

    May 7, 2003 By Emile Schepers

    Cinco de Mayo celebrations across the U.S. and Mexico are an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the inequalities caused by imperialism and debt, and to redouble anti-imperialist solidarity, upholding the principle of national sovereignty for...

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