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		<title>Southern NM residents travel to Santa Fe to protest immigration policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southern New Mexico Residents Travel To Santa Fe To Reject An Anti-Immigrant Agenda in New Mexico A press conference with diverse sectors will layout why any attempt to repeal the state’s common-sense driver’s license law will negatively impact every New Mexico resident (LAS CRUCES, New Mexico) — As the redistricting special session starts in New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico says no to police brutality</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2011/05/21/new-mexico-says-no-to-police-brutality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 16:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was submitted by A.N.S.W.E.R. New Mexico: &#160; The following article was written by Frank Levine for Liberation newspaper. ALBUQUERQUE-More than 100 angry citizens held an emergency protest in front of the city&#8217;s police headquarters on Friday, May 13, after another cowardly shooting death at the hands of the Albuquerque Police Department, less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratoc women of DAC consortium May 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic Women of Doña Ana County CONSORTIUM SATURDAY, MAY 7th @ 10:00 AM &#8211; 12 NOON Good Samaritan Auditorium 3011 Buena Vida Circle Las Cruces, New Mexico CONFIRMED PANELISTS Christy French Democratic Party County Chair Don Kurtz Political Consultant &#38; Community Leader Carrie Hamblen PFLAG Bob Hearn Quality Growth Alliance Cheryl Frank Health Security for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March and rally Saturday in Albuquerque</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2011/03/16/march-and-rally-saturday-in-albuquerque/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March and Rally on 8th Anniversary of the Invasion and Colonial Occupation of Iraq, and Support for Labor Rights in Wisconsin and Democratic Revolutions in the Middle East Start time and place: 11 am, University and Central Ave., Sat. March 19, 2011, march to Lockheed Martin and Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, NM. Called by: The March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislators Vote to Repeal Driver’s License Law for Immigrants&#8211;Playing to Politics, not Public Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Republicans vote against tough bi-partisan compromise ALBUQUERQUE (Friday, March 3, 2011) Today, New Mexico State House Legislators voted 42-28 to repeal New Mexico’s 2003 drivers license law, which allows immigrants to apply for licenses.  Earlier, House Republicans voted against a bi-partisan Senate compromise bill on a 36-34 vote.  Two Democrats and Independent Andy Nuñez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s Tribunal, protest expose Posada&#8217;s crimes and connections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notorious anti-Cuba terrorist begins sham trial in El Paso, Texas January 13, 2011 The following was submitted by ANSWER ABQ, abqanswer@gmail.com On Jan. 10, the U.S. government began its sham trial of notorious terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in El Paso, Texas. Posada is being charged not as a mass murderer, but as a liar. The night before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Senate: The Grinch that Stole Christmas 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By a margin of five votes, the DREAM Act failed today to achieve the 60 votes necessary to ensure its passage in the US Senate. First introduced in 2001, the Dream Act would have provided a pathway to legalization for hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people who enroll in college or join the US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Migrants Gain Respect?</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/11/11/will-migrants-gain-respect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Countering racism. Ratifying the Migrant Workers Convention. Doing away with exploitative guestworker systems. Assuring the rights of migrant domestic workers. Regularizing &#8220;irregular&#8221; migrants. Special protections for women and child migrants. Treating migrant remittances as an income emergency brake rather than an economic engine. Helping Haiti in its time of dire need. All the above were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PVA post-election meeting Nov. 18</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/11/03/4613/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the recap of the October PVA meeting: http://pva-nm.org/recap_oct2010.html Please remember to join us for a post-election meeting on November 18 to share  thoughts, reactions, reflections, and ideas.  As many of you remember, reflecting on an election was how all of this got started: ﻿ PVA Meeting Recap for December, 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment NM endorses three Democrats</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/10/25/environment-nm-endorses-three-democrats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environment New Mexico, with over 13,000 members and activists, announced its endorsement of Representatives Heinrich, Teague and Lujan for this November’s election. The organization cited their records on dealing with our energy crisis, ending America’s dependence on oil, and curbing global warming pollution. According to Environment New Mexico, Representatives Heinrich, Teague and Lujan voted for [...]]]></description>
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