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Striking coal miners reach out for solidarity Win support from PACE union at Chevron, call rally   UN committee backs Puerto Rico independence   Outspoken rightist to head Canada party   Minnesota meat packers press fight for union Cop violence sparks protest in Philadelphia   Florida UNITE workers score gain in strike   A socialist newsweekly published in the interests of working people Vol. 64/No. 30July 31, 2000   Calendar   Join July 26 UMWA rally in Denver! Coal miners on strike against Pittsburg and Midway in New Mexico and Wyoming are planning a joint march and rally--initiated by United Mine Workers of America Locals 1307 and 1332--in Denver on July 26. It will take place at P&M headquarters, off I-25 at Englewood and Arapaho, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information on the action, call the UMWA regional office in Denver at (888) 367-8692, or (303) 425-7110, or Local 1307 at (307) 877-1443.   August 26 national march to protest cop brutality The "Redeem the Dream" demonstration, marking the 37th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, was initiated by Alfred Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, and Martin Luther King III, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The march, to be held at the Lincoln Memorial, will demand "action by the White House and Congress to penalize offenders of racial profiling and police brutality," according to a fact sheet distributed by the National Action Network. Other Black rights organizations that have endorsed the demonstration besides the SCLC include the NAACP, National Urban League, National Council for Negro Women, and Rainbow Coalition. For more information about the event, call 1-877-9-REDEEM.       Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home