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  • No one died! Cuba and hurricane solidarity

    No one died! Cuba and hurricane solidarity

    September 10, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    The most destructive hurricane in 50 years hit western Cuba Aug. 30 with gusts up to 212 mph — the strongest ever recorded during any hurricane anywhere, according to head meteorologist Jose Rubiera.

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  • Its time for Doctor Obama

    Its time for Doctor Obama

    September 10, 2008

    CHICAGO – The 45-foot long, 28-ton, clean bio-diesel powered museum on wheels known as the “Bush Legacy Bus” is making a cross-country tour and made a downtown stop here during a Sept. 8th rally led by...

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  • Machinists endorse Obama for president

    Machinists endorse Obama for president

    September 9, 2008

    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today delivered a full-throated endorsement for Barack Obama following a personal appeal from New York Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton at the union's...

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  • Cuba: Weathering the storms, from Gustav to Ike

    Cuba: Weathering the storms, from Gustav to Ike

    September 9, 2008

    HAVANA – (Sept. 8) A little report on the TV just updated the situation in Guantanamo. The entire province is without electricity. Cuba has a policy of turning off electricity and gas, as a preventive measure...

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  • Arctic eyewitness

    Arctic eyewitness

    September 9, 2008

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (pro-oil groups prefer its foreign-sounding acronym, ANWR) is ground zero in the War on the Environment. If the oil companies win the fight to drill there, no place will be off-limits...

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