When 100,000 people marched on Pennsylvania Avenue April 20 to protest George W. Bush’s war on the people “at home and abroad,” the most urgent, immediate demand was that Bush stop his double talk and throw full U.S. support behind Israel’s withdrawal from the West Bank and the creation of a Palestinian state. 
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May 4, 2002
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PITTSBURGH – There is a war on U.S. workers and Armco-Kawasaki (AK) steelworkers, members of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 169, are on the front lines.
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LA HABANA (Prensa Latina) – Uno de los peores flagelos del mundo son las drogas y sus innumerables delitos que, desde el cultivo de las materias primas hasta el fabuloso negocio del lavado de dinero, afectan a personas y naciones sin conocer fronteras ni sociedades.
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – Los choferes escolares en la compañía First Student tomaron un voto abrumador en favor de ser representados por un sindicato el 12 de abril en una elección conducida por la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales, una agencia federal.
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JENIN, West Bank – Despite Israeli government success in blocking a United Nations fact-finding team, eyewitness reports from international religious groups and other observers tell of massive destruction at the Jenin refugee camp. Fifty bodies have been recovered but many remain unaccounted for.
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WASHINGTON – The Republican leadership wants a House floor vote before the Memorial Day recess on reauthorization of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a bill they have loaded with attacks on the poor such as increasing to 40 hours per week the “workfare” requirement for recipients. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the Library of Congress page on HR-3113, click here.
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LOS ÁNGELES – El Concejo Municipal de Los Ángeles por unanimidad voto apoyar el establecimiento de un día de fiesta nacional en honor a César E. Chávez, fallecido dirigente del Sindicato de Trabajadores Agrícolas afiliado con la AFL-CIO. Los concejales también acordaron otorgar un día feriado a los empleados en el cumpleaños de Chávez, marzo 31.
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Another shot at unions/Congress must say no to U.S. war on Iraq
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BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Bodily pressure that impaired his breathing caused the death of a New York man who died in police custody here April 16, apparently while he was suffering an epileptic seizure, authorities said.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced April 19 that the Federal Drug Administration had reversed its decision to abandon the Pediatric Rule, an essential protection that ensures drugs are properly labeled for pediatric use based on scientific studies.
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