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COMMENTARY: International rules needed for money markets
March 6, 2009Akahata is the newspaper of the Communist Party of Japan With the 2nd G20 summit set for early April in London to deal with the financial turmoil, work on international rules has begun with a view...
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Pro-union workers fired in over one-fourth of union election campaigns
March 6, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than one-fourth of all union-representation elections in the 2000s have been marred by an illegal firing of a pro-union worker, according to a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy...
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Goodbye “trickle-down” economics
March 6, 2009Fresh from winning passage of a $787 billion economic stimulus package, the Obama administration has outlined its $3.6 trillion budget for the coming year. Its priorities represent a sharp break with longstanding Republican “trickle down” economics,...
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Trickle down misery
March 6, 2009WASHINGTON, Mar 4 (IPS) - The world's poorest people had nothing to do with the financial gimmickry that has brought the global economy to its knees but they are paying a heavy price for it and...
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Remember the working class roots of International Women’s Day
March 6, 2009Reposted from www.straight.com As March 8 quickly approaches, it is a good time for working women to take a moment to remember the historical roots of International Women’s Day and take stock of our current conditions...
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