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Brother of HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Joins Call for Medical Marijuana
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01 May 2002
Ed Thompson, brother of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, joined the call for compassionate access to medical marijuana today, asking his brother to meet with representatives of the Coalition for Compassionate Access.
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Urgent Appeal: Call Your Senators, Tell them to Stop the Fast Track of the FTAA!
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01 May 2002
Modified: 11:08:18 PM
The Continuations Committee of the Open World Conference joins the national AFL-CIO, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and countless community-based organizations across the country in urging you to call your Senators to urge them to vote NO on Fast Track!
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U.S. Newspapers Present Biased View of Biotech
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01 May 2002
The report investigated 11 newspapers and three weekly news magazines between September 1999 and August 2001. Out of 40 op-eds, 31 supported GM foods and crops while only seven were critical. Two op-eds argued for labeling of GM foods.
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Celebrate A Traditional Illinois Holiday -- Mayday on the Quad!
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29 Apr 2002
Modified: 01 May 2002
Socialist Forum Invites Everyone to Join In Celebrating Mayday, the Worker's Holiday!

Wednesday, May 1 at Noon on the University of Illinois Quad
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Corporate America and Israeli Occupation
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01 May 2002
Corporate America and corporate boardrooms across the globe wield enormous political influence. It may in fact be argued that in today's material world corporate interests are the primary motivating factors for political action. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that power, for a multitude of reasons, has been unjustly mobilized to help sustain 35 years of an illegal Israeli military and economic domination of the Palestinian people.
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50 UI Students join 100,000+ at Israel Solidarity Rally
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29 Apr 2002
Modified: 30 Apr 2002
In this article I review the Israel Solidarity Rally which took place in Washington DC on April 15th, 2002. (article 1)
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What About the Trade Deficit?
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30 Apr 2002
The big financial interests are always looking to cut government spending, since that is good for the bond markets. They have developed a conservative (and sadly, even liberal) following among politicians who find it demagogically useful to stoke public fears about our very modest and harmless national debt.

As for the ballooning trade deficit, to even raise the issue is to risk being called a "protectionist." In the post-Seattle climate of pro-globalist McCarthyism, most pundits and politicians would rather be seen as "economically correct."
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Our Neglected Wealth
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30 Apr 2002
Modified: 05:29:48 PM
Protect 'The Commons' – Our Shared Property and Heritage
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Indymedia not so Independent?
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26 Apr 2002
Modified: 30 Apr 2002
In this article I examine issues of bias in reporting of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by Indy Media affiliates.
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part 2 of MARIO AFRICA interview with photo-journalist Hans Bennett
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30 Apr 2002
This is the final part of a week-long photoessay series documenting the multitude of protesters gathered in Washington, DC on April 20, 2002. Part four featured the first part of Hans Bennett’s interview with Mario Africa, founder of AWOL magazine. Here is the last half of the interview as well as Hans’ “This is What a Police State Looks Like!,” featuring photos from assorted demonstrations.
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