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Labor struggles erupt at Sacramento City Council
November 18, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two important labor struggles have recently come before the City Council here. On Nov. 9 the council put off voting on a resolution calling on Blue Diamond Almond Growers to recognize the International...
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Brazilian communist holds presidency for 24 hours
November 18, 2006SAN PÃULO, Brazil — At 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 12, the government of the Federative Republic of Brazil was headed by Aldo Rebelo, a parliamentary deputy and a member of the central committee of the Communist...
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Movie REVIEW: Bamako: An African indictment of the World Bank
November 17, 2006Movie REVIEWBamako Written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako 115 minutes By Bill Meyer From the cinema of the Third World comes “Bamako,” a fascinating and thought-provoking exposé of the World Bank and the effects of its...
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Swimming to the other side, memoirs of Victor Grossman
November 17, 2006BOOKREVIEWCrossing the River: A Memoir of the American Left, the Cold War and Life in East Germany By Victor Grossman University of Massachusetts Press, 2003 Softcover, 328 pp., $24.95 “Thinking of Germany in the night,” wrote...
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Beyond South Dakota
November 17, 2006With all the attention on Ohio, Virginia, Montana and a few other states, it would be easy to miss something very significant that happened in South Dakota on election night: a victory that just might point...
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