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Editorial: Keep the vote alive!
July 29, 2005On Aug. 6 we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of a historic bill: the Voting Rights Act. It took years of struggle and sacrifice by the African American people, along with thousands of other...
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Editorial: Labors bump in the road
July 29, 2005The big business media has gotten the story on the AFL-CIO’s convention all wrong. Yes, four unions, SEIU, the Teamsters, Unite Here and the UFCW, decided to boycott the convention. Yes then SEIU and the Teamsters...
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On the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear disarmament: An urgent peace movement is
July 29, 2005Sixty years ago, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, the world changed forever, with the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For the first time, human beings could end life on earth. The struggle to...
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JwJ joins miners picket
July 29, 2005TUCSON — Bosses driving home from work at Asarco, Inc.’s Silverbell copper mine north of here witnessed solidarity in action July 22, as some 20 Jobs with Justice members walked the picket line with striking miners....
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Californias single-payer bill passes milestone
July 29, 2005California’s single-payer bill, SB 840, the California Health Insurance Reliability Act (CHIRA), introduced by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica), passed key milestones during the current legislative session and is headed for the second phase of...
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