Recently, a major new constituency may have enlisted in the struggle for national health legislation. This group is a large, powerful group that is supposed to be totally cynical and ready to fight against, not for, national health legislation that might infringe on its turf. Add to these ingredients the fact that this constituency would not exist without the labor movement. 
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Oct 5, 2002
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South Dakota AFL-CIO President Gil Koetzle calls the state’s 2002 elections a “must win” battle for Democrats if they are to maintain control of the United States Senate.
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George Bush is trying to attract Hispanic voters by speaking Spanish and nominating a reactionary Latino lawyer as a federal judge. But the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda has examined congressional voting records. They have found that the right-wing Republicans have voted against Hispanic interests almost every time.
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En las últimas elecciones presidenciales los republicanos hicieron un esfuerzo duro para ganarse en voto latino y quitárselo a los demócratas. Los demócratas también fortalecieron sus esfuerzos para mantener este voto.
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In the last presidential elections, the Republicans made strong efforts to take Latino votes away from the Democrats. The Democrats also pumped up their efforts to keep this vote in their column.
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Oct 5, 2002
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BOSTON – Cientos de limpiadores de oficinas y gente apoyándolos desfilaron por las calles de esta ciudad el lunes, 30 de septiembre, vestida de camisetas moradas con los lemas “De pie por el Sueño Norteamericano” y “Justicia” después de terminar haciendo piquete el primer día de su huelga.
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Until September, it appeared the elections were moving toward a blow against the Bush administration and its ultra-right policies.
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BOSTON – Hundreds of janitors and their supporters paraded through the streets of this city, Sept. 30, clad in purple t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Stand up for the American Dream” after leaving their picket lines on the first day of their strike.
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NEW YORK – Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, and Sameena Ahmad, correspondent for The Economist, who wrote an article entitled “Pro Logo: Why Brands Are Good For You,” debated here Sept. 25, at the Society for Ethical Culture.
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