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Medicare reform a threat to women
December 19, 2003The Bush administration, the right wing of the Republican Party, and the health insurance industry have achieved a remarkable feat – the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is a major threat to...
Read morePennsylvanians demand school funding
December 19, 2003HARRISBURG, Pa. – Protesters organized by Good Schools Pennsylvania lined the steps of the Capitol Rotunda here Dec. 9 with a strong message for the State Senate: “Pass an education budget that greatly increases funding for...
Read moreVile Kyl loses out for Tucson Grinch award
December 19, 2003Workers’Correspondence TUCSON, Ariz. – Metric Roofing edged out U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) by a mere three votes to be crowned Tucson’s “2003 Grinch of the Year.” The competition took place Dec. 13 at a Jobs...
Read moreImperialism behind coup in Georgia Imperialism behind coup in Georgia
December 19, 2003Since the invasion and occupation of Iraq, it has become fashionable to characterize U.S. foreign policy as imperialist. Apologists have shamelessly embraced the description, while critics are appalled at what they see as a departure from...
Read moreXmas could come early for Tyson strikers
December 19, 2003JEFFERSON, Wis. – Tyson workers, on strike here since February, face a winter of continued privation, forced to stretch out their strike funds to cover necessities. But as hundreds rallied at the plant gate here Dec....
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