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  • Elah questions war

    Elah questions war

    October 12, 2007

    MovieREVIEW In the Valley of Elah Directed by Paul Haggis Warner Independent Pictures, 2007 120 min., Rated R “In the Valley of Elah,” directed by Paul Haggis, is a refreshingly open and frank look at the...

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  • Solidarity talks, phonies squawk

    Solidarity talks, phonies squawk

    October 12, 2007

    Workers’ Correspondence As soon as aspects of the proposed contract with General Motors were revealed, activists’ e-mail boxes began to fill up with the opinions of armchair socialists. “Sellout” and “backroom deal” were the usual characterizations....

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  • LETTERS: Oct. 13

    LETTERS: Oct. 13

    October 12, 2007

    No Blackwater It was an anti-Blackwater weekend in the San Diego backcountry as hundreds of people gathered in the town of Potrero, Calif., (pop. 850), to protest a proposal by Blackwater USA to build a paramilitary...

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  • U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling

    U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling

    October 12, 2007

    Fernando Rodriquez, director of Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Colorado, took time out from the Congreso Latino meeting in Los Angeles last week (see story, page 3) to tell the...

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Oct. 13

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Oct. 13

    October 12, 2007

    A big fat rat If you check in at an airport, don’t be surprised if you are greeted by a giant inflatable rat holding bags of money. United Airlines’ unionized pilots are using the rodent to...

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