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Nuts and bolts of exploitation
January 20, 2006Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences By James Lardner and David A. Smith, editors Published by Demos/The New Press, 2006 Hardcover, 328 pp., $25.95 A handful of American intellectuals actually...
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Waging war on Haitis poor
January 20, 2006Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority By Yves Engler and Anthony Fenton Fernwood Publishing, 2005 Softcover, 256 pp., $12.95 While Canadian involvement in Afghanistan makes headlines, less well known is its role in...
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UMWA to represent Sago miners in disaster probes
January 20, 2006“Be assured that we will pursue every avenue as we seek to understand what happened at Sago, because the truth is that when it comes to safety, we represent every miner in America and Canada whether...
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Fight to save Winchester jobs
January 20, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — When they arrived at work on Jan. 17, fresh from a holiday break, union workers at U.S. Repeating Arms were greeted with the announcement that the plant has been scheduled to close...
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King Day events breathe life into dream
January 20, 2006Despite efforts to dilute and trivialize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the only national holiday celebrating a people’s freedom movement, the people once again rescued and defended “The Dream” in actions spanning the United States.
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