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Frankenstein directive passes European Union Parliament
February 24, 2006The “Directive on Services in the Internal Market,” otherwise known as the Bolkestein Directive, passed in a European Parliament vote Feb. 16. Despite mass protest and mobilizations by trade unions and grassroots organizations, the European Union...
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South Africans gear up for local elections
February 24, 2006South Africa is preparing for local elections March 1, the fourth set of elections since the demise of the country’s notoriously racist system of apartheid a little over a decade ago. From about 1948 to 1994,...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD
February 24, 2006Washington: Students lobby on tuition aid NATIONAL: ‘Another World in Production’ Chicago: Catholic university offers minor in queer studies NEW YORK: YCL fundraising party draws hundreds
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Berkeley Honda strikers standing strong
February 24, 2006BERKELEY, Calif. — Nat Courtney’s father had worked for the father of longtime Honda dealership owner Jim Doten. The Doten family, he said, had treated the workers with respect. So Courtney, who started there in 1974...
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Two parents, one message: Stop the war
February 24, 2006CHICAGO — “Schools are for learning, not for recruiting,” read a large banner in the basement of St. Pius Church here Feb. 17. On the speaker’s platform were Cindy Sheehan and Juan Torres, both members of...
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