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L.A. unions set 2008 fight for good jobs
December 7, 2007LOS ANGELES — Next year labor contracts covering some 350,000 union members in 30 union locals in Los Angeles County will expire, while tens of thousands more are organizing for first contracts. The area’s labor movement...
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There are no nukes! U.S. report debunks war-on-Iran rationale
December 7, 2007Editorial It looks like President Bush’s apocalyptic push for World War III with Iran has been postponed. With the stunning release of the National Intelligence Estimate this week reporting that Iran ended its nuclear weapons program...
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After elections, Venezuelans vow to press ahead
December 7, 2007The campaign to reshape Venezuela’s 1999 constitution toward a socialist future ended Dec. 2 in a narrow defeat for the government of President Hugo Chavez. Hours after polls closed on the vote for two referendums that...
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On Iran, Bushs weasel words strike again
December 5, 2007Several years ago, before the start of Bush’s (and Cheney’s) Iraq war, I wrote a column about the words the administration was using to boost its case for war. They were making liberal use of weasel...
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Bali and Beyond: A New Green Economics
December 5, 2007We have read the science. Global warming is real, and we are a prime cause. We have heard the warnings. Unless we act, now, we face serious consequences. Polar ice may melt. Sea levels will rise....
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