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Israeli warplanes strike in Northern Gaza
February 15, 2009Israeli F16 warplanes struck on Friday night two targets near Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported, witnesses said.
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Unthinkable! GOP budget cuts endanger lives, leaders charge
February 14, 2009As California’s budget debacle enters its fourth month, labor and environmental organizations are stepping up their fightback against the Republican drive to gut vital labor and environmental protections. In a Feb. 4 telephone press conference, state...
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Honoring Ohio’s unsung heroes of 2008 elections
February 14, 2009Speaking to scores of activists in labor, community, farm, retiree and other progressive movements at events in three Ohio cities, Sam Webb, national chairman of the Communist Party USA, called for all out grassroots efforts to...
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Progressive Caucus co-chairs react to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act vote
February 14, 2009WASHINGTON — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in the House of Representatives today. This critical legislation to create and save 3.5 million American jobs will be signed into law next week.Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva...
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Stimulus bill a must, but only the beginning
February 14, 2009Although the labor movement is cheering passage of the president’s stimulus bill, leaders of unions and organizations allied with them are pointing out that the bill, itself, is far from perfect and that much more will...
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