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WORLD NOTES: July 19
July 18, 2008Peru: Workers, peasants mount general strike The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers protested Peru’s free trade treaty with the U.S. as well as low wages and rising costs by staging a nationwide general strike on July...
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Take Action: Tell Congress no war with Iran
July 18, 2008Take action! Tell Congress: No war with Iran. Negotiations, not threats and sanctions. Oppose H. Con. Res. 362, S. Res. 580 and other provocative measures. Call your senators and representatives. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121.
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McCain bashes workers, public education at NAACP meet
July 17, 2008“Bashing workers” was how AFL-CIO executive vice president Arlene Holt-Baker, characterized presumptive Republican nominee John McCain's speech at the 99th convention of the NAACP in Cincinnati on Wednesday. 'He took the opportunity to, quite frankly, bash...
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Latinos for Obama maps massive national campaign
July 17, 2008SAN DIEGO — “I’m not taking a single Latino vote for granted,” Sen. Barack Obama promised thousands at the National Council of La Raza’s national conference here, July 13. To show his seriousness, right after Obama’s...
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Low income tenants fight to save their homes
July 17, 2008OAKLAND, Calif. — Dozens of tenants at the California Hotel won a small but significant victory July 11, when a judge ordered the building’s owner and managers to keep the hotel open and maintain utilities, managerial...
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