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100's of US Actvsts denied entry into canada!
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17 Apr 2001
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warcry
100's of US activists are being turned back on trains, buses, cars from the US/Canadian border at Buffalo, Vermont, and other points.
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Children's Defense Fund Decries Bush Proposed Budget Cuts
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17 Apr 2001
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Interview by Melinda Tuhus
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Helen Blank, child care director for the Children's Defense Fund. She explains how these proposed cuts will affect children and their families, and what her organization is doing to actively oppose the Bush budget.
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Coalition Demands Special Prosecutor for Police Torture
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17 Apr 2001
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Kari Lydersen
A coalition of groups including Amnesty International are demanding a federal special prosecutor investigate and ultimately prosecute the cops involved in systematic racist torture at Area Two and Three. Most cops are still on the force or are collecting pensions.
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Firings and Massive Staff Cuts at StreetWise
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16 Apr 2001
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StreetWise Staff
StreetWise management continues to violate labor law blatantly
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Firings and Mass Cuts at StreetWise Newspaper
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16 Apr 2001
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Kari Lydersen
StreetWise management continues to blatantly disregard labor law and workers rights, in firing one employee and cutting the hours of almost the entire staff involved in a unionizing effort with the Chicago Newspaper Guild.
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Colombian Oilworkers Leader Helps Kick Off Anti-Plan Colombia Network
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16 Apr 2001
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Kari Lydersen
Jose Ramirez Lozano, head of the Colombian oil workers union, attended the inaugural conference for a national anti-Plan Colombia network based in Chicago.
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psychological/social excersize on the airwaves provides taste of freedom
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16 Apr 2001
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your friend, the inevitable dj sux; a.k.a. mc
freeing ourselves directly, not waiting for the 'ok' from some self-appointed fearless leaders is the only way to begin the process of psychological and social liberation. turn off your television, nasty 'public' radio, and even close that goofy communist manifesto. it's ok if the dj's aren't saying anything political, just excercising freedom of expression is political enough these days. take a baby step.
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Teamsters and Carpenters Demand Union at Seigle's
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16 Apr 2001
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Kari Lydersen
The Teamsters and Carpenters unions are fighting for union recognition at Seigle's Home and Building Center in Pilsen. The company employs mostly Latino immigrants and day labor, paying about $10 an hour below union scale for the work they do.
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the party wagon.....again
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16 Apr 2001
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iris
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cop
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16 Apr 2001
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iris
everthing's allright now...the suspect has been aprahended!
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