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Land Theft near Jenin
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20 Oct 2003
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www.soundslikefreedom.org
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www.SoundsLikeFreedom.org is the website of a group of people working In Jenin, Occupied Palestine. On the website are written articles and reports, and radio and real-media video files for download, made both by Palestinians and Internationals, some available in both English and Arabic. We aim to provide a direct voice from the residents of Jenin to the world, and also provide on the spot, witness based news from the town.*
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AFL-CIO gets dissident labor journalist kicked out of hotel as 'security risk'
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20 Oct 2003
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Rank & File AFL-CIO
Labor journalist Harry Kelber, who has covered AFL-CIO conventions and Executive Council meetings for more than twenty years, was denied a room at the Drake Hotel because of a pamphlet he wrote calling for greater union democracy. The AFL-CIO persuaded Drake management to deny Kelber accommodations because he posed a security risk.
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The Absurdity of the Iraq War: Imprisoned in Hatred
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20 Oct 2003
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Horst-Eberhard Richter
"In immediate nearness to his oppressors, Mandela discovered a compassion and community with them in suffering. The oppressor and the oppressed are both robbed of their humanity, the oppressor by his humiliation in the captivity of hatred and the oppressed by degrading power-lessness.." translated from the German
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RE - VOLT
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20 Oct 2003
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spartacus
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Sick, wounded U.S. troops held in squalor
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20 Oct 2003
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Mark Benjamin, UPI
FORT STEWART, Ga., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Hundreds of sick and wounded U.S. soldiers including many who served in the Iraq war are languishing in hot cement barracks here while they wait -- sometimes for months -- to see doctors.
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Report/photos on "Breaking the Sound Bite Barrier: Getting Labor's Message Out"
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20 Oct 2003
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Mitchell Szczepanczyk/CIMC
More than 30 people attended "Breaking the Sound Bite Barrier: Getting Labor's Message Out"--the opening panel and discussion about Labor and Media, held October 17, 2003, at UNITE Hall on South Ashland in Chicago.
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Report/photos on "Breaking the Sound Bite Barrier: Getting Labor's Message Out"
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20 Oct 2003
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Mitchell Szczepanczyk/CIMC
More than 30 people attended "Breaking the Sound Bite Barrier: Getting Labor's Message Out"--the opening panel and discussion about Labor and Media, held October 17, 2003, at UNITE Hall on South Ashland in Chicago.
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Fast in solidarity with Bhopal Disaster survivors
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20 Oct 2003
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dlb
Dow chemical now owns the chemical plant in Bhopal India. A member of Dow's board is also on the board of the university of chicago. Another member of Dow's board lives in lake forest
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Free Burma! Teach-in at U of Chicago
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19 Oct 2003
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dlb
"Free Min Ko Naing" Teach-In
5:30 PM
Monday, October 20, 2003
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$9.6 million Russ case award - Jury says CPD at fault in NU students shooting
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19 Oct 2003
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Chicago Trib - repost
Jury says police at fault in NU football player's shooting
The jury took 3 1/2 days to reach a verdict in the monthlong civil trial, concluding that Officer Van Watts IV acted "willfully and wantonly" in Russ' death. The Northwestern student, two weeks away from graduation, was shot in the chest after a police pursuit ended when Russ' car spun out on the Dan Ryan Expressway about 1 a.m. on June 5, 1999.
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