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  • North Carolina pork packers undeterred

    North Carolina pork packers undeterred

    July 28, 2006

    On the same day that hundreds of Smithfield workers in the company’s Tar Heel, N.C., plant boldly wore union T-shirts to work in a show of solidarity, 75 community supporters turned out in support at a...

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  • U.S. troops in Paraguay attract attention

    U.S. troops in Paraguay attract attention

    July 28, 2006

    While the Mercosur meetings were going on in Argentina, more than 2,000 people from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, representing 40 labor union and human rights groups, attended the Second Social Forum of the Triple Border in...

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  • Faulty seals a factor in Sago mine blast

    Faulty seals a factor in Sago mine blast

    July 28, 2006

    BUCKHANNON, W. Va. (PAI) - Faulty seals in an abandoned part of the Sago, W. Va., coal mine were one factor in the lethal Jan. 2 blast that killed 12 miners and injured a 13th, a...

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  • Chicagoans march to stop deportations

    Chicagoans march to stop deportations

    July 28, 2006

    CHICAGO — Undaunted by record-breaking midday heat, tens of thousands of people marched for immigrant rights here July 19. Organizers said anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 people participated. It was Chicago’s third mass immigrant rights action...

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  • Tucsons Grannies rage against Iraq war

    Tucsons Grannies rage against Iraq war

    July 28, 2006

    TUCSON, Ariz. — On July 13 a year ago, five Raging Grannies were arrested here for protesting the war on Iraq. Their alleged crime was entering a military recruiting office and asking to enlist in the...

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