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  • AFL-CIO urges stronger state and local councils

    AFL-CIO urges stronger state and local councils

    March 18, 2005

    LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Key to dramatically ratcheting up labor’s power is improving the performance of state and local labor organizations, said a statement from the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting here March 2. The role of...

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  • Kentuckians propose single-payer plan

    Kentuckians propose single-payer plan

    March 18, 2005

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “They have outsourced the jobs, but they did not outsource the diseases and the conditions from which the people suffer,” said Dr. Syed Quadri at a Feb. 2 health care forum here sponsored...

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  • Lies, the U.S. budget, and democracy

    Lies, the U.S. budget, and democracy

    March 18, 2005

    When “Wanted: An Honest Budget” is Business Week’s headline, you know something is wrong. “White House budget writers of both parties have a long history of fiscal gimmickry,” Business Week complained after the new Bush plan...

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  • WORLDNOTES

    WORLDNOTES

    March 18, 2005

    Lebanon: Thousands rally for democracy and peace Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Beirut’s Riad Solh Square March 13 under auspices of the Communist Party, to call for “the truth” about the assassination of former Prime Minister...

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  • Momentum builds for world youth festival

    Momentum builds for world youth festival

    March 18, 2005

    An “invasion” is about to engulf Caracas, Venezuela. An estimated 20,000 progressive and radical youth will be pouring into the Venezuelan capital Aug. 7-15. The occasion? The 16th World Festival of Youth and Students. Venezuela, the...

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