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  • Protests against the Gaza City bombing

    Protests against the Gaza City bombing

    August 2, 2002

    Now, a week after the Israeli Gaza City air-terror strike, after protests and deliberations, everybody in Israel agrees: the hurdling of a one-ton explosive bomb into the midst of a densely populated urban area with the...

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  • Good times never been so good

    Good times never been so good

    August 2, 2002 By Conn Hallinan

    First the steel industry, the dinosaurs, collapsed – 34 corporations in almost as many months. But that was no big deal – they were ancient history.

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  • Corporate crime and steelworkers

    Corporate crime and steelworkers

    August 2, 2002

    Back in the roaring 1960s, Bob Dylan moved from the Mesabi Iron Range in Northern Minnesota to New York City. In those days the Mesabi Range was the home of thousands of United Steelworkers of America...

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  • The post-bubble economy: A better world

    The post-bubble economy: A better world

    August 2, 2002 By Mark Weisbrot

    Across the country, it is finally sinking in. There really was a bubble in the stock market, and it has now burst. This is not like Tiger Woods having a bad day at the British Open....

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  • Too young to die, we want pensions!

    Too young to die, we want pensions!

    August 2, 2002 By Conn Hallinan

    PITTSBURGH – For steelworkers, 1949 was the year their union struck for pensions and health care. The strike shut down the entire metal-working industry, including aluminum and can. Over half a million members of the United...

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