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Immigrants win victory in Waukegan, Illinois
September 13, 2002CHICAGO – The small industrial city of Waukegan, Ill., an hour north of Chicago on Lake Michigan, was the site of a modest victory by Mexican immigrant workers and their allies Aug. 19. As in cities...
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Spinning a fantasy
September 13, 2002Last Thursday evening, I was watching the news and heard a reporter explain, with a serious look on her face, that the next day Bush was going to begin “consulting” with world leaders in an effort...
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McKinney: History train will keep rolling for justice
September 13, 2002The following is an excerpt from Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s (D-Ga.) concession speech. McKinney, a 10-year incumbent and well-known voice for social justice and progressive causes, lost the Democratic primary to political newcomer Denise Majette. Majette was...
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Detroit labor takes stock on Labor Day 2002
September 13, 2002A parade of several thousand union members flooded Detroit’s downtown streets on Sept. 2 to celebrate Labor Day 2002 and to remind Detroiters that “we are the union.” After the parade participants joined other thousands at...
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Bush threatens ILWU and hard-won labor rights
September 13, 2002Nothing is more fundamental to America’s conception of itself than the freedom of speech and assembly. Unions, declared illegal in the early years of the republic, have fought for those rights for three centuries. But unionists...
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