GLW issue 407, published 2000-05-31.

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UNITED STATES: Sixteen years for a Snickers bar

In early April, a Texas jury recommended that Kenneth Payne, 29, spend 16 years in jail. Payne's crime?: stealing a Snickers bar from a Tyler grocery store on December 17. When Smith county assistant district attorney Jodi Brown was asked by the

BRITAIN/USA: Debates in International Socialists

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Looking Out: I acknowledge your kindness

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and ain't i a woman?: Sole parents in the firing line

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