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Mother Jones, union organizer and hell-raiser
March 18, 2005Mother Jones was born Mary Harris in Cork, Ireland, in 1836. As a child, she immigrated to North America with her family to escape the Irish famine. In her early 20s, she moved to Chicago, where...
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AFL-CIO urges stronger state and local councils
March 18, 2005LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Key to dramatically ratcheting up labor’s power is improving the performance of state and local labor organizations, said a statement from the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting here March 2. The role of...
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Kentuckians propose single-payer plan
March 18, 2005LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “They have outsourced the jobs, but they did not outsource the diseases and the conditions from which the people suffer,” said Dr. Syed Quadri at a Feb. 2 health care forum here sponsored...
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Lies, the U.S. budget, and democracy
March 18, 2005When “Wanted: An Honest Budget” is Business Week’s headline, you know something is wrong. “White House budget writers of both parties have a long history of fiscal gimmickry,” Business Week complained after the new Bush plan...
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WORLDNOTES
March 18, 2005Lebanon: Thousands rally for democracy and peace Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Beirut’s Riad Solh Square March 13 under auspices of the Communist Party, to call for “the truth” about the assassination of former Prime Minister...
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