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  • Marx and critics

    Marx and critics

    March 7, 2003

    In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx warned that Communism was haunting Europe. While many writers have proclaimed the death of Communism, Karl Marx continues to haunt intellectuals. Two recent articles – one in The Economist (Dec....

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  • Hotel workers fired for organizing

    Hotel workers fired for organizing

    March 7, 2003

    DETROIT – “We all signed union cards, the whole department. I thought if we stuck together, we could win. Surely they couldn’t get rid of the whole department? I was wrong,” testified Charles Hardin to the...

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  • Kill the subway fare hike with kindness

    Kill the subway fare hike with kindness

    March 7, 2003

    Worker’s Correspondence BRONX, N.Y. – It all started when my family was visiting New York. They wanted to see all the sights: Times Square, Coney Island, the Staten Island Ferry, Chinatown; so we got them unlimited...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    March 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    ICFTU: Give peace a chance / India: Left Front wins in Tripura / Chile: Pinochet officers charged in car bomb killing / in car bomb killing / Afghanistan: Latest U.S. bombing kills many civilians / Bangladesh:...

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  • Salvadoran doctor appeals for strike support

    Salvadoran doctor appeals for strike support

    March 7, 2003

    BALTIMORE – Dr. Evelyn Martinez de Calderon told a crowd here, Feb. 28., that 5,500 medical doctors in El Salvador are still standing strong despite death threats aimed at smashing their five-month strike against privatization of...

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