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  • Calif. heat wave kills 141, mainly poor

    Calif. heat wave kills 141, mainly poor

    August 11, 2006

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California heat wave last month killed more people than either the Northridge earthquake of 1994, the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 or the wildfires of 2003. On July 29, the record two-week...

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  • UE workers fight health care takeaways

    UE workers fight health care takeaways

    August 11, 2006

    TAUNTON, Mass. — When Esterline Haskon Aerospace Corp. here tried to force members of United Electrical Workers Local 204 to pay huge, up-front health care deductibles, increased co-pays, and higher premiums during contract negotiations, the workers...

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  • LCLAA spells solidarity

    LCLAA spells solidarity

    August 11, 2006

    SAN ANTONIO — If anybody thought the working class is splintering under the American right wing’s battering ram, they could take heart from the convention of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), which concluded...

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  • The economic mainsprings of U.S. foreign policy

    The economic mainsprings of U.S. foreign policy

    August 11, 2006

    From 1961 to 1999, Victor Perlo’s “People vs. Profits” column in the Daily World and the People’s Weekly World set the standard for a Marxist analysis of U.S. capitalism. Two collections of these columns have been...

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  • UN panel slams U.S. on death penalty, racism

    UN panel slams U.S. on death penalty, racism

    August 11, 2006

    UNITED NATIONS — After reviewing information provided by the U.S. government and dozens of nongovernmental organizations, the UN’s Human Rights Committee (HRC) has issued a scathing condemnation of human rights abuses in the U.S. The July...

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