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  • New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections

    New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections

    June 29, 2007

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the opening remarks by New Mexico AFL-CIO President Christine Trujillo to the speeches of various dignitaries at the state labor federation’s biannual convention here, June 15-16, it’s clear the labor movement is...

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  • Iraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial

    Iraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial

    June 29, 2007

    CHICAGO — Two leaders of Iraq’s labor movement placed a plaque at the Haymarket Memorial here June 23 as leaders of major U.S. labor organizations looked on. The presentation was the Iraqis’ way of remembering both...

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  • New Yorks police on rampage, critics charge

    New Yorks police on rampage, critics charge

    June 29, 2007

    BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The New York Police Department is running wild in Black and Latino neighborhoods, using racial profiling as a tool of choice, charges a group of students and residents of Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. The...

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  • Restore our liberties

    Restore our liberties

    June 29, 2007

    Rights coalition presses to close Gitmo, end torture and bring back habeas corpusWASHINGTON — One week before our nation’s July 4 celebration, thousands of protesters wearing Statue of Liberty crowns and holding signs reading “Torture is...

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  • Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical

    Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical

    June 22, 2007 By Dennis Laumann

    His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.

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