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  • Fight for public health plan option advances in Congress

    Fight for public health plan option advances in Congress

    June 15, 2009

    Major House and Senate committees last week released drafts of health care reform proposals just as President Obama took his case for reform to the American people. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Thurs. June 11, President Obama...

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  • LA transportation plan delayed after public protest

    LA transportation plan delayed after public protest

    June 15, 2009

    Public protest greeted the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) recent special board meeting to pass the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The LRTP is a plan that spans over 30 years at a cost of...

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  • Vietnam: Doi moi and the World Crisis

    Vietnam: Doi moi and the World Crisis

    June 14, 2009

    (Translated by Guy Langloy) (l'Humanite) The world is shifting its base. In Asia, Latin America and other continents, the devastating effects of this historical crisis of capitalism do not necessarily lead to pessimism, but rather quite...

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  • FedEx blocking bill that would improve its workers’ labor rights

    FedEx blocking bill that would improve its workers’ labor rights

    June 14, 2009

    Original source: FedEx is attempting to block a bill in Congress that will reclassify some of its workers under jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) rather than the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Most private...

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  • Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

    Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

    June 14, 2009

    Earlier this month, we saw new evidence that our country has entered a real era of change when President Barack Obama issued a proclamation calling on all Americans to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)...

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