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U.S. military attacks Iraqi trade unions
December 12, 2003A U.S. occupation force involving 10 armored vehicles and dozens of soldiers attacked the headquarters of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions in Baghdad, Dec. 6. They arrested eight of its leaders and members, who were...
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The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker
December 5, 2003Giving thanks for touchdowns In many households, football is as much a part of the Thanksgiving tradition as is turkey. Sitting down to watch Thursday’s games gives us the chance to bond with (or in some...
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Pickets cross Borders
December 5, 2003ANN ARBOR, Mich. – “We will stay on strike until Borders [bookstores] bargains in good faith,” say striking workers affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 on the picket line at Borders’ number...
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John Donahue, fighter for the homeless
December 5, 2003John Donahue, the executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, died on Nov. 17. Donahue – known to his many friends as Juancho – was hospitalized at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was...
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Corporate Americas dirty secret
December 5, 2003“Keeping up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare,” By Vijay Prashad. South End Press, 2003, Softcover, 214 pp., $17.00. Over the years, Vijay Prashad, a professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., has established himself...
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