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Necessity and law: getting past illegality
January 6, 2008The anti-immigrant movement sets great store by “legality.' “What part of ‘illegal’ don’t you understand?” is one of their favorite taunts. But we know that it is very easy for any government to create new “illegals”;...
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Keep your eye on disabled Americans struggle for benefits
January 6, 2008As the economy as a whole continues its downward trends, those of us who are disabled due to service in Iraq or other wars, getting old, workplace accidents, illness or other reasons are being hurt hard....
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Oregon workers take one on the chin
January 6, 2008Oregon workers lost one recently when Senate Republicans blocked the extension of federal payments to the timber-dependent counties, including millions of dollars in funding which could have gone to pay for infrastructure and peoples’ needs. In...
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Its becoming more and more risky for an Iraqi woman to work
January 5, 2008Spotlight interview: Hashemiyya Muhsin Hussein, president, Electricity Workers’ Union of Basra. This interview was conducted by Natacha David on Nov. 28, and was featured on the web site of the International Trade Union Confederation, . BRUSSELS,...
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Campaign launched to stop violence against Iraqi women
January 5, 2008Iraqi women are being killed and subjected to all forms of violence every day. What they have suffered in the city of Basra is perhaps something unprecedented in Iraqi society. Women have been killed and their...
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