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The U.S. and repressive rule
October 5, 2007Readers’ Corner According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the “UN has it wrong: Africa’s problem is repressive rule.” Zimbabwe, Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo, and Niger are cited...
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Year of the Woman? Not in election coverage!
October 5, 2007How many elections can be hailed as “The Year of the Woman” before anything actually changes? Hint: no answer to this question exists yet. This year, it would seem that things should be different. A woman...
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Joining the middle class in 2007
October 5, 2007The United Food and Commercial Workers union, negotiating for thousands of grocery workers in Southern California, won a stunning victory in July, approving a new union contract that reversed the unfair two-tiered system they had been...
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Mad Moneys anti-union tantrum makes me mad
October 5, 2007The end of the historic strike against General Motors by the nation’s autoworkers may well signal the beginning of a fight by all workers against a new level of the corporate offensive against our jobs, our...
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LETTERS: Oct. 6
October 5, 2007Terrible UAW contract I just read my PWW and your coverage of the negative aspects of the new UAW contract was bad. You did not report on how retirees will not get their health benefits from...
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