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  • Update on the Cananea Copper Mine situation

    Update on the Cananea Copper Mine situation

    February 20, 2008

    As labor and management continue to face off over the struck Cananea Copper Mine in Sonora, Mexico, U.S. labor solidarity activists are increasing their activity also. More than 1,000 members of the Mexican National Mine and...

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  • What women need

    What women need

    February 19, 2008

    For a long while, my attitude towards the Democratic presidential primary was pretty simple, namely, let’s get it over with so we can all focus on beating the Republican. As time went along, however, I began...

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  • NIU killing spree stems from male rage

    NIU killing spree stems from male rage

    February 19, 2008

    Mass shootings that appear to be at epidemic proportions these days derive from the social and cultural problems of male rage and hyprmasculinity, according to UCLA Professor Douglas Kellner in an interview with . Images that...

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  • World Notes: Trade, global warming, Wal-Mart strike, more…

    World Notes: Trade, global warming, Wal-Mart strike, more…

    February 19, 2008

    South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States...

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  • American Cancer Society: Health insurance key to reducing death rates

    American Cancer Society: Health insurance key to reducing death rates

    February 19, 2008

    The American Cancer Society has released a study, via the British medical journal, Lancet, that confirms the suspicions of many policy analysts. If you don’t have health insurance you are more likely to be diagnosed with...

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