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Consumer groups demand Congress pass Employee Free Choice Act
January 3, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI)--Saying it would help consumers, help stop predatory lenders and “ensure workers’ hard-earned wages go to supporting their families and communities,” seven leading consumer organizations demanded the new Democratic-run 111th Congress pass the Employee Free...
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Gaza ceasefire now
January 3, 2009‘There is no military solution to the conflict’The Communist Party issued the following statement Dec. 31, 2008. The Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) adds its voice to the growing international call by the United Nations...
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Labor’s legislative agenda includes stimulus, Employee Free Choice Act and more
January 2, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI)--With the new Democratic-run 111th Congress convening on Jan. 6, and with larger pro-worker majorities, labor has assembled a legislative agenda that starts with the Employee Free Choice Act and a massive stimulus bill, but...
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OPINION: India-Pakistan and the significance of Kashmir’s elections
January 2, 2009The Jammu and Kashmir State of India had legislative assembly election results declared last month. The separatists had given a boycott call, but not many listened to them. Not a single political outfit offered a word...
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‘We owe the American people a reckoning’: Eric Holder vs. Karl Rove
January 2, 2009Karl Rove launched an effort last month to block Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General. As part of this campaign, Rove has raised memories of Holder's ill-conceived advice to Bill Clinton about his...
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