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  • Eight days in Lebanon

    Eight days in Lebanon

    October 27, 2006 By Judith LeBlanc

    I spent the last eight days of Israeli-Lebanon war, Aug. 7-14, in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. I had traveled there as part of a peace delegation from the United States. Our aim was to express solidarity with...

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  • You are the news: Readers  we need your eyes and ears

    You are the news: Readers we need your eyes and ears

    October 27, 2006

    Readers – we need your eyes and ears The newspaper of America’s working class needs eyes and ears in every workplace and every community. In the time-honored tradition of working-class journalism, the People’s Weekly World actively...

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  • Detroit medical students rally to save training program

    Detroit medical students rally to save training program

    October 27, 2006

    Privatization push may be undermining university-hospital partnershipDETROIT — The concept of “going to the doctor” for a mild health problem does not exist for many Americans. They are forced to wait until their condition has become...

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  • Unions on the move in North Carolina

    Unions on the move in North Carolina

    October 27, 2006

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — “Unions seem to be becoming more and more active in North Carolina,” Jack Hawke, a former state Republican Party chairman, warned fellow conservatives at a recent Raleigh event. “And a lot of...

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  • CWA and Indian unions take on call centers

    CWA and Indian unions take on call centers

    October 27, 2006

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — The burgeoning thousands of call center workers in India who serve U.S. and multinational companies, and who got jobs formerly handled by U.S. unionists, are tough to organize. They need new types of...

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