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June 24, 2005Global AIDS crisis I work massaging clients with AIDS and HIV under the Ryan White CARE Act. Every year we worry about funding. In Illinois we are lucky because our state Legislature passed extra funding for...
Read moreEditorial: An uneasy summer
June 24, 2005On the first day of summer, June 21, the Winn-Dixie grocery chain, located primarily in the Southeast, announced that 22,000 workers would end up on the street and over 300 stores will be darkened. Earlier this...
Read moreLabor Update
June 24, 2005Unity resolutions Three central labor councils in Ohio passed resolutions this week calling for labor unity in response to warnings of a possible split in the U.S. labor movement. CLCs in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus (Franklin...
Read moreCapital campaign tops $330,000
June 24, 2005CHICAGO — The campaign to raise money for three working-class centers of unity, action and education reached $330,000 last week, just $70,000 shy of its $400,000 goal. With two weeks left in the campaign, spokespeople for...
Read moreBolivias crisis unresolved, say Communists
June 17, 2005LA PAZ, Bolivia — The resignation of President Carlos Mesa, said the Communist Party of Bolivia, “has not solved the political crisis that burdens our country.” The statement, made by Marcos Domich, first secretary of the...
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