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Labor and bloggers join forces at Netroots Nation
August 14, 2009PITTSBURGH, Pa. - 'We are using technology to go beyond our traditional organizing efforts,' Eric Russell, from the United Steelworkers union (USW) communications department, told workshop attendees here at the Netroots Nation conference August 13. 'We're...
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Soldier resists Afghanistan deployment
August 14, 2009Sgt. Travis Bishop served 14 months in Iraq before he was ordered to deploy to war stricken Afghanistan. Yet he refused to go and calls the war “illegal.” He is the second soldier in the past...
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Oklahomans battle poultry companies to save their rivers
August 14, 2009Oklahoma’s attorney general is suing Tyson Foods and other poultry processors, charging them with polluting an area of his state known for its chain of scenic lakes and rivers.
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Right-wing terror groups on the rise
August 14, 2009GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrator of the single largest act of domestic terrorism in US history in Oklahoma City in 1995, stands only as the most well-known right-wing militia member.
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We want to take you to Pittsburgh with us
August 14, 2009Labor history will be made in Pittsburgh next month. We’re sending a top-notch team of writers, photographers, podcasters and videographers to bring you on-the-spot coverage. Every day online you will be able to see, hear and...
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