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  • Labor Update

    Labor Update

    June 24, 2005

    Unity resolutions Three central labor councils in Ohio passed resolutions this week calling for labor unity in response to warnings of a possible split in the U.S. labor movement. CLCs in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus (Franklin...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    June 24, 2005

    Pakistan: Troops jail workers Pakistani security forces took over Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) June 12 and arrested more than 300 workers and union leaders after they called a strike against the company’s privatization, The Hindu...

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  • Rigged election blocks Irans path to reform

    Rigged election blocks Irans path to reform

    June 24, 2005

    News Analysis Iran’s ultraconservative clerical establishment has denied millions of voters the chance to continue on the path of reform by rigging the results of the June 17 presidential election. While all opinion polls showed solid...

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  • Education gets huge boost in Venezuela

    Education gets huge boost in Venezuela

    June 24, 2005

    Revolution, suggests radical educator Paulo Freire, is “the ultimate teacher … giving first place to the indispensable role of education in the process of forming the New Woman and the New Man.” Although Freire wrote these...

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  • Bush aid to Africa called crumbs

    Bush aid to Africa called crumbs

    June 24, 2005

    WASHINGTON — Aid groups blasted President George W. Bush for refusing additional development aid for Africa, branding his offer of $674 million during a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair “crumbs.” Salih Booker, executive director...

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