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- ↑ "VT. GROUP PLANNING TO PROTEST US POLICY". The Boston Globe . March 31, 1985. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ↑ "'NECESSITY DEFENSE' WINS ACQUITTAL FOR 26 PEACE ACTIVISTS AFTER SIT-IN". The Miami Herald . November 18, 1984. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ↑ "News Rewind: November 15, 2004". WCAX-TV. November 15, 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ↑ Ben Bradley (ed). Por Amor Al Pueblo: Not Guilty! - The Trial of the Winooski 44 (1986) ( ISBN 978-0-9617504-0-4)
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- ↑ McCullough, Jack (February 2, 2010). "Howard Zinn in Vermont". Green Mountain Daily. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
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