National
Professor arrested for defending freedom of speech
April 17, 2003BOSTON – Little did University of Massachusetts (UMass) professor Tony Van Der Meer know that he would be arrested by the campus police as he attempted to defend a student’s right to free speech. At a...
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Youth and students speak out against war
April 17, 2003When asked why students are protesting the war on Iraq, Jessica Marshall of the Young Communist League (YCL) and National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, said it’s because politicians are “not sending the sons and daughters...
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Whats really behind the trials in Cuba
April 17, 2003At 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...
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Texas workers fight cuts in public services
April 17, 2003AUSTIN – 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...
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People united can preserve the Bill of Rights
April 17, 2003News Analysis We currently live in extremely challenging times and it doesn’t look like it will become easier anytime soon. The tragedies of 9/11 happened two months after I started as Executive Director of the Connecticut...
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