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  • New terrain requires new tactics

    New terrain requires new tactics

    June 22, 2007 By Sam Webb

    The new balance of forces in Congress, the greatly weakened position of the Bush administration, and the growing activity of the labor-led people’s coalition have rearranged the political playing field in our country. Everyone involved in...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    June 22, 2007

    Afghan death toll The most recent AP report on U.S. casualties in Afghan war indicates the deaths stand at 333 (as of June 7). The civilian casualties from January this year through June have been reported...

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  • EDITORIAL: Rogue bankers = homelessness

    EDITORIAL: Rogue bankers = homelessness

    June 22, 2007

    The stock market continues to skyrocket, corporate profits are rising at a record-setting pace and mortgage foreclosures surged 90 percent in May compared to a year ago. The rich are getting filthier and working families are...

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  • EDITORIAL: Human rights are inalienable

    EDITORIAL: Human rights are inalienable

    June 22, 2007

    The reopening of Senate floor debate on the “Grand Bargain” immigration bill, S 1348, reflects, among many things, the increasing significance of migrating labor in global economics and politics. Like global warming, it cannot be ignored...

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  • Women of the world unite for peace and solidarity

    Women of the world unite for peace and solidarity

    June 22, 2007

    CARACAS, Venezuela — The fight against war is part of the fight for women to become “first-class citizens in every nation,” declared Marcia Campos, the Brazilian president of the Women’s International Democratic Federation. It’s part of...

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