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Eyewitness New Orleans — As Hurricane Gustav Bears Down
Tomorrow, the people of New Orleans and the wider area again face the possibility of catastrophic disaster. While the government's…
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Protestors gather at FEMA headquarters on Katrina anniversary
A spirited crowd of about 80 protesters demonstrated in the rain at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in downtown Washington,…
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Liberation Volume 2, Issue 19
Volume 2, No. 19: Raise the Minimum Wage to $15/hour! On the cover: Economic Relief for Workers Now! U.S. News…
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Community protests police killings
On Saturday, Aug. 23, a noontime community protest against police brutality took place on the corner of Ashby Ave. and…
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’68–then and now
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop, being railroaded…
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Musharraf resigns as Pakistan’s president
Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation from Pakistan’s presidency on Aug. 18. The resignation prompted the Pakistani people to take to…
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DMV workers protest state budget cuts
On Saturday, Aug. 16, more than 1,000 Department of Motor Vehicle Employees held demonstrations at a dozen DMV offices in…
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U.S. war resisters fight for refuge in Canada
Today, close to two hundred U.S. war resistors who reside in Canada are facing an uncertain future. Their actions are…
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Bogus legal case against Chicago area activists defeated
On Aug. 20, felony charges of reckless conduct were dismissed against two Chicago-area anti-war activists. Over 50 people packed a…
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Zimbabwe election crisis reflects competing class interests
Zimbabwe remains locked in a political crisis. Various rounds of negotiations since the June 27 runoff presidential election have yet…
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‘I will never regret standing up for my people’
Leonard Peltier is a Native American political prisoner incarcerated unjustly in U.S. federal prisons since 1976. The statement below was…
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Sun Sentinel: Low turnout at Denver protests, Delray Beach Congressional candidate still shows
Low turnout at Denver protests, Delray Beach Congressional candidate still shows Posted by Khari Johnson Before the convention began, Recreate…
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Political conventions awash in corporate cash
Corporations are taking advantage of a legal loophole created by the House ethics committee to allow corporate lobbyists to host…
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Katrina, the Pain Index
The author is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He can be reached at…
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New attacks on civil liberties
The Justice Department is planning new policies that will allow the FBI to open investigations against individuals without having any…
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Americans hit hard by high health care costs
A survey released Aug. 20 reveals that increasing numbers of Americans are going into debt, not getting adequate medical treatment,…
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PSL on the ballot in New York!
On August 18, the Party for Socialism and Liberation filed with the state’s Board of Elections in Albany. We met…
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Beijing Olympics: China’s pride will not be turned into shame
Billions of people around the world watched the Beijing Summer Olympics. Every four years during the games, people all over…
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Statement on the Gulf Coast, three years after Katrina
Statement on the Gulf Coast Three Years after Katrina Download the brochure
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Rising inflation adds to pocket book crisis for workers
Throughout the country, workers―especially the unemployed and the poorest workers―are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with skyrocketing pr…
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