March 18, 2006

CHICAGO — Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the city and surrounding areas marched here March 10 in one of the biggest pro-immigrant demonstrations in U.S. history, displaying massive support for immigrant rights.

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MOBILE, Ala. — I joined more than 150 Iraq war veterans, Vets for Peace and Gold Star parents together with Hurricane Katrina survivors beginning a 138-mile march from here to New Orleans, March 14. They accused the Bush administration of wasting $250 billion in tax dollars in Iraq, money desperately needed to rebuild the still devastated Gulf Coast.

Campus antiwar group fights spying
Student tutors lead strike
Blacklisting 101
Sex education article censored

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They have lied and spied on the American people. We have been in Iraq for three years, it’s time we get out now,” said Jarvis Tyner, guest speaker at the 32nd annual People’s Weekly World African American History celebration here Feb. 26.

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Katrina survivors marched from Capitol Hill to the White House, March 14, stopping at FEMA along the way, to demand that President Bush reverse FEMA’s decision to evict 10,000 hurricane evacuees from hotels and motels that day.

National peace organizations are pressing Congress to open up debate on getting the U.S. out of Iraq. With Bush insisting on “staying the course” and “not believable any more,” Congress is “the only body left to come forward and make a statement about leaving Iraq and not leaving any bases behind,” said Col. Daniel Smith, senior military affairs analyst for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker lobbying group.

U.S. edging toward dictatorship
Censure resolution introduced
Rumsfeld profits from bird flu alarm
Carlyle Group to run ports?
Congress progressives: Cut military spending, cut deficit

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bob Kiss, the Progressive Party candidate for mayor, swept to a surprise victory here March 7. Running against a Democrat, Republican and two independents, Kiss, a state representative, confounded pundits and pulled an upset. His election was also the first mayoral race in the country to be conducted under the rules of instant runoff voting.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Supervisors say, ‘Impeach Bush, Cheney’
RICHMOND, Va.: GOP spikes labor leader’s appointment

HOUSTON — Texas held its March 7 primary election in virtual secrecy. Only 5.3 percent of the electorate voted in the Republican primary and 4.1 percent in the Democratic primary.