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  • EDITORIAL: A nuclear-free world

    EDITORIAL: A nuclear-free world

    October 21, 2006

    In the 2005 documentary film “The Last Atomic Bomb,” Sakue Shimohira, who as a 10-year-old schoolgirl lived through the U.S. nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, says, “The wound in my heart will never heal. If you encounter...

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  • The Republican record on Social Security

    The Republican record on Social Security

    October 21, 2006 By AFL-CIO

    1935: Almost all Republicans in Congress oppose the creation of Social Security. 1939: 75 percent of Republicans in Senate try to kill legislation providing Social Security benefits to dependents and survivors as well as retired workers....

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  • Americas seniors build a mighty movement

    Americas seniors build a mighty movement

    October 21, 2006

    Today a mighty groundswell of senior fightback is underway. Its effect will be felt in the November elections. Retiree leader George Kourpias recently went so far as to say, “Retirees will determine who wins the 2006...

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  • U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba

    U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba

    October 21, 2006

    It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people’s health is allowed, right? Wrong. For the second year in a...

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  • Labor: Make police accountable for FTAA violence

    Labor: Make police accountable for FTAA violence

    October 21, 2006

    $8 million from homeland security funds spent to quell 2003 protest MIAMI (PAI) — Saying three years is too long to wait, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Florida union leaders are demanding the state’s GOP Attorney...

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