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Communist and Workers' Parties, 06/18/2006
End of occupation - Solidarity with the Iraqi people...As communist and workers' parties struggling for peace, social justice, progress and socialism, we support the legitimate right of the Iraqi people to resist occupation.
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irinnews.org, 03/19/2006
The biggest cause of pollution was the seepage of sewage from decaying waste pipes into the water supply system.
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irinnews.org, 03/19/2006
"It is a terrible thing. The girls handed over to rival families are innocent of crime, and they are always treated like enemies within the homes of their spouses,"
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Bob Burnett, 03/19/2006
The war in Iraq has added to our already gargantuan national debt...It is a catastrophic blunder that has weakened the United States and threatens the foundations of our Democracy.
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Pride at Work, 03/19/2006
Pride At Work, AFL-CIO is disappointed, though not surprised, by the boycott the American Family Association has instigated against Ford Motor Co.
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Michael Parenti, 03/19/2006
If we uncritically immerse ourselves in the cultural context of any society, seeing it only as it sees itself, then we are embracing the self-serving illusions it has of itself.
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Darrell Rankin, 03/18/2006
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD will participate in massive demonstrations against war on the March 18 weekend, the third anniversary of the brutal and illegal U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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World Peace Council, 03/18/2006
March 18 marks the third anniversary of the beginning of the brutal war and occupation of Iraq.
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David Swanson, 03/18/2006
Everyone's on message. The right-wing pundits, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi. They're all trying to tell us that raising a demand for impeachment is good for Republicans.
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Labor Research Association, 03/18/2006
General Motors, with a $90.9 billion pension fund – the largest among U.S. companies – announced on March 7 that it will freeze pension benefits for nonunion workers.
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Rob Kall, 03/18/2006
How does a party which sees the world as corrupt function? It's clear from the DATA, from the facts, that the lobbyists invest more dirty money in Republicans.
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Phyllis Bennis, 03/18/2006
The Bush administration's rapid escalation of anti-Iran rhetoric in the last few months should not be dismissed as posturing.
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Frank Kendrick, 03/17/2006
Of the two original political parties, PLN traditionally has presented a left-of-center, social democratic agenda, which has contributed to producing...a national public health system and an outstanding public education system.
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James Parks, 03/17/2006
Federal Reserve Board figures, released Feb. 23, which shows that in 2004, the income of minorities was about 56 percent of whites. But the real shocker is the net worth of minorities (assets minus debts) is only 27 percent of whites
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Jesse Berney, 03/17/2006
Three states have passed the Health Care Disclosure Act, which requires states to report which employers’ workers are relying on taxpayer-funded health care programs to cover their families.
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Miguel Angel Alvarez, 03/17/2006
The Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, approved by the people on February 24, 1976, says in Article 11 that our country "...rejects and considers null and void the treaties, pacts or concessions agreed to under unequal or unknown conditions...
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John Moore, 03/17/2006
The retailer Wal-Mart is the world's largest company, notorious for its low wages and hostility to trade unions.
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David Swanson, 03/17/2006
Those who oppose the Iraq War often struggle with the fact that so many U.S. soldiers are willing to participate in it, are willing to attack someone else's country, raid their houses, shoot at their cars, melt the skin off their children with white phosphorous.
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United for Peace and Justice, 03/17/2006
Marking three years since the U.S.-led bombing and invasion of Iraq began, peace groups across the United States are holding anti-war actions March 15-22.
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Katie Harr, 03/17/2006
By the year 2025, many estimate that two-thirds of the world's population could be facing severe water scarcity problems, which has disastrous, if not apocalyptic, implications for both humans and the environment.
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