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This week in history: The Summer of Love
July 6, 2017Fifty years ago, as many as 100,000 mostly young people, sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
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Ukrainian Communists appeal ban; court ruling due today
July 6, 2017Far-right government rejects Ukraine’s Soviet past, instead honoring Nazi collaborators who helped massacre Jews and Poles during the Holocaust.
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Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-Latino offensive goes into high gear
July 5, 2017Last week, the anti-immigrant and anti-Latino offensive of President Trump and the Republican Right was sharply escalated.
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Union reps push tough, enforceable labor standards for ‘New NAFTA’ at panel session
July 5, 2017The current NAFTA “has provided tremendous benefits to CEOs and wealthy corporations, but has not benefited working people.”
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Pipeline judge’s decision shows limits of capitalist jurisprudence
July 5, 2017Judge Boasberg will not shut down DAPL in the interim. What kind of sense does that make? A lot if you are a judge who favors powerful oil corporations.
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