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  • Saying no to foreign military bases

    Saying no to foreign military bases

    June 1, 2007

    The International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases was formally established at a conference in Quito and Manta, Ecuador, March 5-9. Over 400 grassroots and community-based activists were in attendance from more than 40...

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  • Dead last: health care quality in the U.S.

    Dead last: health care quality in the U.S.

    June 1, 2007

    A few paragraphs in the executive summary of a new report quickly reveal the brutal truth: Among the six nations studied — Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States — the...

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    June 1, 2007

    Security workers march for health care, respectPrivate security officers and their supporters marched May 24 through downtown Oakland, Calif., past the high-rise commercial office buildings they work to protect, to demand decent wages, affordable family health...

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  • Ohioans urge end to foreclosure frenzy

    Ohioans urge end to foreclosure frenzy

    June 1, 2007

    CLEVELAND — Residents here appealed to Congress May 21 to end the epidemic of home foreclosures wrecking their city. Community leaders, public officials, researchers and banking experts charged in testimony at a congressional hearing that the...

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  • Workers rally to build justice at Pulte

    Workers rally to build justice at Pulte

    June 1, 2007

    BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Led by several Latino construction workers from the Southwest and by Robert Masciola of the national AFL-CIO, an informational rally was held outside of the shareholders meeting of Pulte Homes, Inc., at the...

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