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  • Union retirees turning Florida from red to blue

    Union retirees turning Florida from red to blue

    October 17, 2008

    FORT MEYERS, Fla. — Labor activists in this very Republican area of Florida are feeling traction in their efforts to elect Barack Obama president. The Alliance of Retired Americans (ARA), United Auto Workers retirees and other...

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  • World notes: October 18, 2008

    World notes: October 18, 2008

    October 17, 2008

    World notes Afghanistan: Military victory unlikely Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, who commands a British Air Assault Brigade that has taken severe losses from the Taliban, told the Sunday Times Oct. 5, “We’re not going to win this...

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  • Coalition mobilizes to protect the vote

    Coalition mobilizes to protect the vote

    October 17, 2008

    The Baltimore Sun debunked Republican charges that ACORN is flooding state election boards with phony voter registration cards. “This sounds more like partisan sniping than legitimate complaints aimed at protecting ballot box integrity,” the Oct. 13...

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  • Biden calls for tax on Big Oil

    Biden calls for tax on Big Oil

    October 15, 2008

    YOUNGSTOWN -- Voters in the Mahoning Valley are gearing up for the election with a candidates' forum here along with Hillary Clinton and vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden appearing in the area this week. Biden spoke to...

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  • Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression

    Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression

    October 14, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    Widespread popular support and military repression cast ongoing teacher protests in Morelos state — home to famous revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — as a replay of events two years ago in Oaxaca. At issue are measures taken...

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