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Editorial: Iran: dj vu, all over again?
August 19, 2005In an eerie echo of events three years ago, the Bush administration is raising the specter of a U.S. pre-emptive military strike over allegations Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Earlier this month, after long discussions with...
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Worker safety & health + organizing = Rx for success
August 19, 2005There is no disagreement among all of labor that workers and their unions did a good job mobilizing members to vote in 2004. The problem that most of labor agrees on is that the Democratic Party...
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Day labor controversy in Virginia:GOP candidate fishes in troubled waters
August 19, 2005Like many parts of the country, Fairfax County, Va., just west of Washington, D.C., has seen a recent increase in documented and undocumented immigration from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. Like elsewhere, one visible sign...
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Gas Price Spike Act targets oil co. gouging
August 19, 2005With gas prices skyrocketing out of control, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said he is stepping up his fight to pass the “Gas Price Spike Act of 2005,” HR 2070. The legislation, introduced by Kucinich in May,...
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Oil prices: Targeting China and all labor
August 19, 2005Oil hit $65 a barrel on speculative markets last week, an all-time high. Gasoline and heating fuel prices quickly followed. Natural gas is not far behind.
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