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  • Plot to use stimulus package to gut fair labor standards

    Plot to use stimulus package to gut fair labor standards

    September 13, 2008

    Just as the labor movement has gotten many in Congress to back a second and better economic stimulus package that does more than just hand out checks for paying back bills, enter the right wing with...

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  • If McCain is elected, you are screwed, Steelworkers say in new national alert

    If McCain is elected, you are screwed, Steelworkers say in new national alert

    September 13, 2008

    The United Steelworkers began alerting every single one of its members on Sept. 11 that enactment of John McCain’s health care plan would result in the actual loss of $2,400 to $3,300 in annual income by...

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  • Celebrating Mexican independence

    Celebrating Mexican independence

    September 13, 2008 By Pepe Lozano

    The biggest national holiday in Mexico, and celebrated by Mexican people living all over the world, is Mexican Independence Day, Sept. 16. A little history: Before Mexico became Mexico, indigenous people first cultivated and inhabited the...

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  • NATO, an idea whose time has gone

    NATO, an idea whose time has gone

    September 13, 2008

    When NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was founded after World War II, its first secretary general, British general Lord Ismay, succinctly stated its real, original purpose: “To keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and...

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  • Letters – Sept. 13, 2008

    Letters – Sept. 13, 2008

    September 13, 2008

    What is a maverick? According to Webster a maverick is “a person who acts independently of any political party, faction, etc.” John McCain and Sarah Palin call themselves “mavericks.” However, when one examines their political record...

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