News :: Activism : Civil & Human Rights : Labor
'Freedom ride' rallies for immigrants. By Jason Song
02 Oct 2003
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Baltimore Sun
"As an immigrant workers "freedom ride" passed through Baltimore yesterday, participants demonstrated for privileges such as amnesty for illegal immigrants and in-state college tuition rates for foreign-born students...."
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Visualize a Fair Election in 2004 by Greg Palast & Ina Howard
02 Oct 2003
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Yes
The techniques that brought us Florida 2000 are catching on across the U.S. Here’s how to take our elections back.
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Don't Talk Like a Twit by Jonathan Rowe
02 Oct 2003
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Yes Magazine
Polls find that voters support progressive issues. So why have Americans been voting for such conservative candidates? Because conservatives are speaking their language.
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Labor
The Road to Citizenship. By David Moberg
29 Sep 2003
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In These Times (9/23/03)
Immigrants and unions join in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride to further the struggle for immigrant workers rights. David Moberg reports on the bus rides across the US which will converge on a October 4th rally in New York City.
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News :: Middle East
Edward. By Hanan Ashrawi
29 Sep 2003
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Arabic Media Internet Network (9/26/03)
Edward Said is dead at 67. Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, remembers Said, the 'conscience of Palestine.'
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Edward Said, Dead at 67. By Alexander Cockburn
27 Sep 2003
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CounterPunch (9/25/03)
Edward Said, dead at 67--a mighty and passionate heart. Alexander Cockburn remembers the Palestinian intellectual and activist.
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Palestinian, Intellectual, & Fighter: Edward Said. By Robert Fisk
27 Sep 2003
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The Independent (9/25/03)
Palestinian, intellectual, and fighter, Edward Said railed against Arafat and Sharon to his dying breath. Robert Fisk remembers Edward Said.
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Zionist Savagery at Jenin Recalled. By William Hughes
26 Sep 2003
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Media Monitors Network (/26/03)
On April 3, 2002, the invasion of Jenin by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) began. It lasted for nearly two horror filled weeks. If you’re Irish, think of the sacking of Drogheda, in 1649, at the hands of Oliver Cromwell. The pretext by the Ariel Sharon Gang for the collective punishment of Jenin, itself a War Crime under the Geneva Convention, was that the IOF was looking for suicide bombers.
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