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  • A public steel industry for the public good

    A public steel industry for the public good

    March 1, 2002

    Thousands of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) members and supporters rallied this past week demanding government action to save their jobs, their families and their communities. Veterans of the USWA and its retiree organization, the Steelworkers...

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  • Charleston ILA leader faces new challenges

    Charleston ILA leader faces new challenges

    March 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Admiral “Bull” Halsey, who commanded the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet in the South Pacific during World War II, once said, “There are no great men or women, but only great challenges that ordinary men and women...

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  • The Charleston Five Victory: Southern gladiators have won a world of friends

    The Charleston Five Victory: Southern gladiators have won a world of friends

    March 1, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    It took nearly two years, but a Longshore local of majority African-American dockers, supported by a worldwide movement, finally won freedom for Elijah Ford, Peter Washington, Kenneth Jefferson, Jason Edgerton and Ricky Simmons – the Charleston...

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  • Honor Cesar Chavez

    Honor Cesar Chavez

    March 1, 2002

    Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America (UFW) was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century. Many lessons can be learned from Chavez’ life. He, like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was...

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  • International Notes

    International Notes

    March 1, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    Angola cease-fire/International Women’s Day/Conspiracy to assassinate Zimbabwe’s president/Russian officers criticize Putin/Colombian Communists fight for peace

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