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Arafat calls for end to violence: what now?
December 21, 2001In his Dec. 16 televised address to the Palestinian nation, on the occasion of the Muslim Eid-el-Fitr festive holiday following the fasting month of Ramadan, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called for an end to all armed...
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9/11 came on top of suffering NY economy
December 21, 2001A decade-long celebration of what was being hailed as a “new economy” diverted public attention from the serious social and economic vulnerabilities accumulating in New York. The Fiscal Policy Institute critically examined this heralded “decade of...
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Steelworkers pay for Cold War’s end
December 21, 2001Much has been written about how low-cost imports have affected steelworkers in the United States. In the past two years, 29 steel companies have declared bankruptcy, with several of them going under and closing their doors....
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AFL-CIO 24th Convention: Resolve against the storm
December 21, 2001LAS VEGAS – The the labor movement in Las Vegas has won some very tough battles to make it a union town, with probably one of the highest union membership densities in the country. Labor in...
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Arabs and Jews call for Middle East peace
December 21, 2001WASHINGTON – Arab and Jewish Americans are speaking with one voice in denouncing terrorism in the Middle East and calling for strong action to defend the peace process based on the co-existence of two states, Palestine...
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