News
Venezuelas Chavez gets UN ovation
September 23, 2005UNITED NATIONS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received tremendous applause from world leaders at the United Nations World Summit Sept. 15 after a stirring speech assailing the Bush administration and world capitalism. He then toured New...
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Union women call for unity
September 23, 2005Over 500 union women activists and many brother unionists adopted an action plan for the fight for women’s rights. They met at the national convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) in Detroit on...
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Time for an Iraq exit strategy
September 23, 2005At Capitol Hill hearing, talk is not ‘if’ but ‘how’ WASHINGTON — With thousands of people across the nation protesting the Iraq war, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) convened a Capitol Hill hearing Sept. 15 to air...
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Calif. gov. to veto same-sex marriage
September 16, 2005Within a day after the California Legislature approved a bill legalizing same sex marriage, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said last week that while he respects the legal protections already in place in California for gays, he would...
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Letters
September 16, 2005Union-powered solidarity The enormous Astrodome is home for thousands of Louisiana refugees, and many churches, civic centers, various shelters, even motels, hotels and apartment centers are providing safe havens also. Many generous folks are taking these...
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