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As nightmare scenario unfolds in one plant, auto union fights for American way of life
July 27, 2007BELVIDERE, Ill. — Pretend you’re an autoworker and you’re having a bad dream. In your dream it’s 2008, one year after the Big Three — GM, Chrysler and Ford — got away with murder in contract...
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On the draft Iraqi Oil and Gas Law
July 24, 2007To our great Iraqi people and the masses of the Iraqi working class: Iraq is rich with a variety of natural resources, in the forefront of which is the enormous oil wealth, that is the real...
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The call of Cuba
July 20, 2007I’m not so much of a world traveler, but I do know from friends who travel that there are few places you can go where you won’t find a McDonald’s, a Kentucky Fried Chicken or a...
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EDITORIAL: Sitting on a fault line
July 20, 2007A major earthquake hit Japan’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant this week. That should give pause to those who advocate looking to nuclear power as concerns about global warming escalate. On July 16, an earthquake measuring...
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EDITORIAL: America needs a break
July 20, 2007It’s summer. The warm sun means you can put on shorts, pack your stuff and head off for a stretch at the beach, in the woods or at a resort hotel or maybe plan to have...
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