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  • Lisbon meeting assesses victories, dangers

    Lisbon meeting assesses victories, dangers

    December 15, 2006

    Communist parties discuss experiences, prospectsLISBON, Portugal — Joy over a string of election victories in Latin America and the U.S. was mixed with deep concern over the bloodletting in the Middle East when representatives of 64...

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  • Labor against war meets in Cleveland

    Labor against war meets in Cleveland

    December 15, 2006

    CLEVELAND — “Just look at how far we’ve come in just three years,” remarked Gene Bruskin, co-convener of U.S. Labor Against the War, to hundreds of union representatives at the opening of the group’s annual conference...

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  • James and Esther Jackson: shapers of history

    James and Esther Jackson: shapers of history

    December 15, 2006

    The symposium “James and Esther Jackson, the American Left and the Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement” at the Tamiment Library of New York University on Oct. 28 was an event of singular enlightenment and...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    December 15, 2006

    SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Two labor victories By an overwhelming majority, Sheraton Grand Hotel employees ratified a union contract on Dec. 5 that contains higher wages, a lower workload, a doubling of employer-paid health benefits over the life...

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  • Community sidetracks condo conversion bill

    Community sidetracks condo conversion bill

    December 15, 2006

    OAKLAND, Calif. — In a midnight action Dec. 5, Oakland’s City Council responded to a wave of community opposition by referring a controversial measure for more apartment-to-condominium conversions for further study. It will now be taken...

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