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Chicago: Stop the Railroad of Richard Berg |
by Fight Back Newspaper
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25 Feb 2004
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Chicago - Teamsters reformer Richard Berg is being threatened with expulsion from the union. A rank-and-file activist, Berg has been a housekeeper and a member of Local 743 at the University of Chicago Hospitals (UCH) since 1989. The gangsters running the local are out to get him for the ‘crime’ of fighting for workers. |
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News :: Media |
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Issue #15 of Canada's Grassroots National Newspaper |
by dru
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25 Feb 2004
Modified: 04:52:14 PM |
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The Dominion is a free, not-for-profit newspaper available in print and online. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Gender and Sexuality : Regime |
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America's Gay Community Outraged at Bush Call for Ban on Same-Sex Marriage |
by AFP
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25 Feb 2004
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Hoping for a distraction from the failures of his real wars, Bush fires a dud in the culture wars at home. |
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Hey, I'm a Terrorist |
by NYTimes Masthead Editorial via gehrig
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25 Feb 2004
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According to a comment this week from Bush's Secretary of Education, the National Education Association is a "terrorist organization." Since I'm a member of the AAP, I am also a member of the NEA. So I just wanted to shout out to my fellow terrorists.
Where does Bush _get_ these people? |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Elections & Legislation : Labor : Political-Economy |
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Primary Election Forum, Thursday, Feb. 26, 7pm in Room 404, Illini Union |
by ML
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24 Feb 2004
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A Bread and Roses Event
Sponsored by Socialist Forum, U-C Independent Media Center Steering Group, and the U-C IMC's UIUC chapter.
Thursday, Feb. 26
7pm
Room 404, Illini Union
1401 West Green St., Urbana, Illinois |
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LOCAL News :: Economy : Environment : Urban Development |
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Tacoma Link: The Little Tram That Could |
by Light Rail Progress via ML
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24 Feb 2004
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With a divided Champaign City Council taking up the idea or supporting long-range planning for adequate future mass transit, it is useful to look again at the example of Portland, Oregon's light-rail project. Visited last year by a delegation frm Champaign-Urbana, it has been a tremendous success. Here's a story about it from the www.lightrailnow.org website. Then people can post their ideas and comments, along with reaction to whether or not Champaign is wise enough to support a similar project locally at their meeting tonight, Feb. 24, 2004. ML |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : International Relations |
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Background on Haiti: Some Questions and Answers |
by Mary Turck
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24 Feb 2004
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As violent gangs invade Haitian towns, murdering police and opening jails, news reports repeat several catch phrases as if everyone knew their meaning. In fact, those catch phrases-from "the opposition" to "flawed (or fraudulent) elections of 2000"-are laden with political and historical freight. |
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The Great Medicare Robbery |
by Edward McKinney
pa (nospam) politicalaffairs.net (verified) |
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24 Feb 2004
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The major focus of the Medicare prescription drug bill has been on the prescription drugs-for-seniors component. An evaluation of this legislation triumphantly signed by Bush last December, shows that its major beneficiaries will be the medical/health monopolies. It does little or nothing for seniors.
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News :: Agriculture : Economy : Environment : Health |
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Genetically Engineered DNA Found in Traditional Seeds |
by Union of Concerned Scientists
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24 Feb 2004
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Study Has Implications for Trade, Organic Agriculture,
Human Health |
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