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Shades of Green: July 5

East Bay workers gear up for long, hot summer

OAKLAND, Calif. — If California’s Alameda County, across the bay from San Francisco, is heading for a “long, hot summer,” extreme weather won’t be the only reason. Contracts covering 50,000 workers — half those whose unions...

WORLD NOTES: July 5

India: Left stands firm on nuke deal Leaders of India’s left parties and India’s governing United Progressive Alliance are at a stand-off over the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal. Left parties have been meeting with UPA’s Congress Party...

U.S. funding terror groups in Iran

As worry mounts that the same right-wingers who got us into the Iraq war are now pushing for war with Iran, journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed that the Bush administration is supporting terrorist groups in Iran...

Cuban exiles linked to Mexican gangs

A scandal is brewing that connects right-wing Cuban exiles in the United States with violent Mexican drug gangs trained by the U.S. military. The story first broke in the left-wing Mexico City daily, La Jornada. On...