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A small group of women from Code Pink held up anti-war signs and greeted the end of the labor day parade in Philadelphia on Monday. They had many moments of recognition, including when Philadelphia Federation of Teachers' river of red flowed by. Members of the Veterans for Peace were also marching, and pro-health care & "keep it local" signs abounded.
Pictured: Anti-war protester greets PFT: "Fund Education, Not War!"
Related: Labor Day Blues
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HansBennett | 03-17 Para millones de personas en Estados Unidos y en el extranjero, la inauguración de una persona negra como presidente de Estados Unidos fue un momento de trascendencia histórica lleno de sentido, sugiriendo un verdadero cambio en una nación agobiada con su historia de racismo.
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whoisleonardpeltier.info | 01-21 El preso político indígena Leonard Peltier, ha pasado 33 años en prisión, falsamente incriminado de matar a dos agentes del FBI y ahora está esperando una audiencia para determinar su libertad condicional.
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Robert Saleem Holbrook | 04-04 The “Stop Snitching” slogan that has spread through urban America like a wildfire...(8)
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Gary Broderick | 03-10 The front desk workers at the Hyatt Regency Penn's Landing hotel demand that management be neutral in all future union organizing efforts.
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Amy L. Dalton | 03-07 For one hundred years, communities across the globe have claimed March 8 as a chance to honor women and demand policies that promote their rights and dignity.
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Hans Bennett, Prison Radio |
01-20
After being transferred from death row in December, Mumia was put in ‘the hole’ at SCI Mahanoy’s ‘Restrictive Housing Unit,’ where the conditions are actually more restrictive than when he was on death row. Supporters, including the National Lawyers Guild (for whom Mumia serves as Vice President) who has set up an online petition, are calling for his immediate transfer to general population, so that among other things, he will be able to touch his family for this first time in about 30 years.
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Harry Bailey |
01-09
Chester-Upland, in the impoverished city of Chester, in Delaware County, have voted to report to work without receiving packcheck. This comes after Governor Corbett declined the district's request for an advance from the district's 2011-2012 budget.
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http://www.pennbds-oy.com/ |
01-09
Yes, this year's big US conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) targeting Israel is scheduled for February 4th and 5th at U Penn where an international lineup of boycott and divestment champions will meet, greet and try to breath life in a "movement" that has yet to achieve a single major victory after more than a decade of effort.
Read more here: http://www.pennbds-oy.com/
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Rich Gardner |
12-31
Girls Scouts vs. right-wing media and the purported value of objectivity.
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Cathie C |
12-29
PRO-ACT will offer its popular one-day "12 Steps for All" workshop on Jan. 14, 2012. The program is free and open to all participants who are interested in this self-development process.
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