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Airline crews should have been warned
September 10, 2004On Sept. 10, 2001, I was a United Airlines flight attendant, working a night flight from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. My co-workers and I drank coffee and watched the stars pass by our windows, remarking...
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Oil rivalry, strife afflict the Caucasus
September 10, 2004Breakaway autonomous regions in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan are creating a headache for the Bush administration’s geopolitical planners.
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Black lawmakers urge legalizing immigrants
September 10, 2004If you listen to President George Bush, the only way Mexicans can avoid the illegal and sometimes deadly trip across the U.S. border is to come as guest workers — temporary contract laborers for U.S. industry...
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Iranian party demands end to repression
September 10, 2004Amidst recent reports of escalating repression by Iran’s intelligence services against the country’s progressive forces, including the use of physical assault, kidnapping, and torture against those defending democratic rights and freedom of expression, the Tudeh (People’s)...
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Chinas unions and migrant workers: Building a better future together
September 10, 2004During a visit to the People’s Republic of China in July, Marilyn Bechtel talked with trade unionists at the enterprise, city, provincial and national levels, to learn how they are helping workers meet the challenge of...
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