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  • Latin America and U.S. free trade

    Latin America and U.S. free trade

    December 7, 2001

    Several times in the past year, we heard of Mexican refugees dying of dehydration in the Arizona desert. Who were they? A terrific pamphlet, “Cuban Leaders Speak on Neoliberal Globalization,” provides answers. (‘Neoliberal globalization’ is shorthand...

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  • Cleveland unites in fight with LTV

    Cleveland unites in fight with LTV

    December 7, 2001

    CLEVELAND – United as never before, the people here are holding rallies, marches and vigils to block LTV Steel’s plans to close its mills here along with other plants in East Chicago, Ind., Hennepin, Ill. and...

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  • COSATU prepares for World Social Forum

    COSATU prepares for World Social Forum

    December 7, 2001

    LAS VEGAS – Joseph Nkiso, first vice president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), attended a workshop on global justice after Sept. 11 at the AFL-CIO convention here Dec. 3. AFL-CIO International Affairs...

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  • Hoffa: Take back the ports for labor

    Hoffa: Take back the ports for labor

    December 7, 2001

    LAS VEGAS – To a roar of cheers and applause, Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), told the 24th AFL-CIO Convention Dec. 4, “We are going to take back the ports...

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  • Protesters delay Philly schools takeover

    Protesters delay Philly schools takeover

    December 7, 2001

    PHILADELPHIA – Hours before the midnight deadline Nov. 30, Philadelphia Mayor John Street and Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker emerged from closed-door talks to announce that the threatened state takeover of Philadelphia’s public school system would be...

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