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Labor wins big in union-busting South Carolina
November 30, 2001CHARLESTON, S.C. – Gathered in the union hall and parking lot on East Bay Street, the dockworkers of International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422, mostly African American men, celebrated their hard-fought victory in the case of...
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Students protest against school privatization
November 30, 2001HARRISBURG, Pa. – Some 1,000 Philadelphia public school students led a demonstration here Nov. 20 against privatization and for full school funding. Busloads of trade unionists, parents, and community leaders joined the students. Hospital Workers Union...
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Rifle shot causes stir at airport
November 30, 2001DALLAS – A passenger accidentally fired a hunting rifle at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on Nov. 23 but no one was hurt, an airport spokeswoman said. The incident occurred as the passenger was complying with a request...
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Peace activists demand justice, not war
November 30, 2001BALTIMORE, Md. – “Baltimore wants justice, not war” was the cry of several dozen members of the Baltimore Antiwar Coalition, who gathered outside the Garmatz Federal Court House here Nov. 6. The demonstration was held to...
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GOP peddling same old failed policies
November 30, 2001The coincidence of Sept. 11, the war and a global recession mark the end of the neo-liberal age, a span of 20 years of unrelenting (ruling) class warfare against working families. Bill Moyers summed it up:...
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