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2004

December
Shopping for a change

November:
Looking at the war with both eyes wide open: The Eyes Wide Open exhibition, "a multimedia journey through the words, images, and sounds of the Iraq war," from the American Friends Service Committee continues its cross country tour of duty in November.

October:
Farm laborers climb Mt. Olive, get out of a pickle: After a national boycott of more than five years, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee has reached a precedent-setting agreement with the North Carolina Grower's Association (NCGA) and the Mount Olive Pickle Company.

August:
This bus is bound for glory: Though it will resemble the political roadshows that will crisscross the national map this election season, this bus tour endorses no presidential candiate.

July:
Crossing great divides to save the Dead Sea: Behind the depressing headlines of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East, a grassroots non-profit comprised of Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian environmentalists is working to save the shrinking Dead Sea.

June:
A memorializing day for all war dead: This Memorial Day, both the U.S. and Iraqi war dead were remembered in a commemoration at the Federal Plaza in Chicago.

Pax Christi USA to sponsor monitors for November Florida election: Pax Christi USA will bring international election monitors to Florida to observe the presidential elections in November.

May:
Debt activists hold 'unhappy birthday' for IMF/WB: Activists, students, and people of faith concerned about the impact of international debt threw an "unhappy 60th birthday" party for the International Monetry Fund and the World Bank.

April:
00.7's untapped License to kill poverty: Relief and development advocates from the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development were among 10 James Bond look-alikes who handed over a 'Licence to Kill Poverty' at a March 25 demonstration in London.

March:
Dell comes clean on computer manufacture: Market leader Dell has adopted a new code of conduct for its suppliers following a campaign exposing dire working conditions in computer factories in the developing world.

February:
Coke: It's the real deadly thing?: An international campaign calls for a global boycott of the popular soft drink until it pressures subcontractor bottlers in Colombia to end a campaign of violence against union organizers.

January:
Taking a bite out of the industrial food machine: Let your fingers do the seeking and the food shopping via the internet with a neat website that connects ethical shoppers with sustainable agriculture and organic alternatives in their communities and across the nation.

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