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EDITORIAL: 40 years later
June 8, 2007When Israeli Communist Meir Vilner co-signed Israel’s Independence Charter on May 14, 1948, he, and the Jewish/Arab Palestine Communist Party he was representing, stressed the promise contained within the charter: to help implement the United Nations...
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Villa Grimaldi: Chiles memorial to victims of torture
June 8, 2007Despite the restoration of many democratic freedoms in Chile over the past decade, the country is still saddled with the “Pinochet constitution,” a document that is skewed in favor of the interests of foreign corporations, big...
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Smithfield worker dies
June 8, 2007Smithfield Packing livestock worker Emmanuel McKoy, 27, died June 1 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Although the cause of his death has not been determined, McKoy struggled with Type 1 diabetes and experienced health problems from the...
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Buried alive: a terrible way to die
June 8, 2007Workers’ Correspondence Being buried alive is a terrible way to die. If you are working in a trench and it caves in with just your head sticking out it makes great news. The drama of the...
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U.S. food exporters: End Cuba blockade
June 8, 2007Three days of talks in Havana on U.S. food sales to Cuba between U.S. agribusiness representatives and leaders of Alimport, Cuba’s food importing company, ended May 30 with signed contracts worth $118 million and Cuban promises...
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