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People's Struggles

The Campaign Against Killer Coke Continues
Meredith Aby | United States | 12/31/04
The campaign to boycott ‘Killer Coke’ is spreading across college campuses and communities around the country.
Coca-Cola, Colombia, Colombia Action Network
Colombian Union Activist Speaks Against Coca-Cola
Kris Penniston | Madison, WI | 12/31/04
“I watched as they put a bullet into his head,” said Luis Adolfo Cardona, a former worker at a Colombian Coca-Cola bottling plant.
Coca-Cola, Colombia, Luis Adolfo
FRAUD! 743 Gangsters Steal Election
staff | Chicago, IL | 12/08/04
As Fight Back! goes to press, the gangsters in Teamsters Local 743 have succeeded in stealing another election.
Bob Walston, election fraud, New leadership slate, Richard Berg
Welfare Rights Activists Say: No Cuts, Tax the Rich
Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 12/01/04
“Hey Pawlenty, here’s the fix! Tax the rich! Tax the rich!” is a chant that will ring though the Minnesota state capitol building on Jan. 4, 2005.
Opening Day, Welfare Rights Committee
Thousands March Against Immigration Raids in Los Angeles
staff | Los Angeles, CA | 12/01/04
Los Angeles, CA - On Oct. 16, thousands of Mexicans, Chicanos and Latinos marched through the heart of East L.A. to Los Angeles City Hall.
CA - On Oct. 16, Chicanos and Latinos marched through the heart of East L.A. to Los Angeles City Hall., Los Angeles, thousands of Mexicans
Silver Capital Workers Fight for Justice
staff | Chicago, IL | 12/01/04
When rank-and-file members of Teamsters Local 743 arrived at the door of their union hall at 9:00 a.m., Oct. 16, they were forced to stand outside in the...
election fraud, immigrant rights, Silver Capital, Teamsters Local 743, undocumented
Battle Inside Teamsters Local 743
staff | Chicago, IL | 12/01/04
The officers’ election in Local 743 was held once this fall. Now it’s being held again.
Bob Walston, election fraud, New leadership slate, Silver Capital, Teamsters Local 743
Palestine After Arafat
Hatem Abudayyeh | Palestine | 12/01/04
Before the death of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, Nov. 11, there had been an enormous amount of speculation raised, and analysis offered...
Palestine Legislative Council, Yasser Arafat
Statement on the Passing of Yasser Arafat, a Fighter for the Liberation of Palestine
Freedom Road Socialist Organization | Palestine | 12/01/04
Freedom Road Socialist Organization mourns the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (1929-2004).
Fatah, PLO, Yasser Arafat
Central America Trade Vote Could Give Bush Defeat
Cherrene Horazuk | | 12/01/04
On the same day that George W. Bush declared, "I have earned political capital in the campaign, and I intend to spend it," high-ranking...
Bush administration, CAFTA, free trade, FTAA