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  • Harry Bridges sculpture unveiled

    Harry Bridges sculpture unveiled

    May 17, 2009

    US longshore workers, members of the ILWU, today pay tribute to the two union brothers, the ILWU's first martyrs, who were the first to give their lives in the Strike of 1934, with the unveiling of...

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  • Marching to defend jobs

    Marching to defend jobs

    May 17, 2009

    Original source: Workers from factories, car plants and steel mills threatened by the economic crisis are descending on Birmingham today for a mass demonstration to defend jobs. Unite's March for Jobs protest is part of a...

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  • One people, one heap of rubble

    One people, one heap of rubble

    May 16, 2009

    Anton Gill writes in his book, 'An Honorable Defeat,' that during World War Two numerous underground groups were formed to directly protest Nazi’s Hitler Youth and League of German Girls. As the Allies destroyed more and...

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  • Urgent action needed to stem foreclosure crisis

    Urgent action needed to stem foreclosure crisis

    May 16, 2009 By John Bachtell

    We can beat the banks if we try, organizers say CHICAGO -- The foreclosure crisis is so severe in Cook County that a judge ordered a temporary halt to scheduling new foreclosure cases. The crisis is...

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  • Pakistan at a crossroads

    Pakistan at a crossroads

    May 16, 2009 By Teresa Albano

    Pakistan stands at a crossroads, where past meets present and national identity meets regional influences. It does not seem to be at a crossroads, as some have described, between a nuclear-armed democratic state vs. a nuclear-armed...

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