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Colombias Uribe mired in paramilitary scandal
February 23, 2007President Alvaro Uribe’s right-wing Colombian government is dealing with a scandal stemming from revelations of ties between the paramilitary United Self Defense Forces of Colombia and ruling elements in Colombian society. According to U.S. government sources,...
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Dr. King showed worker rights are civil rights
February 23, 2007The following is excerpted from the remarks of Roger Toussaint, president of New York City’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, on the occasion of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, Jan. 15.Today is a special...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
February 23, 2007CARSON CITY, Nev.: Do the right thing for homeless Tents and cardboard shelters sprouted up on the lot next to the state’s Legislative Building, Feb. 18, as over 200 homeless people, advocates, religious leaders and three...
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Profits up, but Chrysler cuts
February 23, 2007FENTON, Mo. — An autoworker who is a member of the Missouri Legislature says Chrysler’s announcement that it is gutting 1,300 jobs from its South Assembly Plant here has “more to do with the bargaining climate...
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Falsehoods about immigrant workers
February 16, 2007Historians call the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 a tragic part of our history. With this act, Chinese workers were denied citizenship. Despite the words on the Statue of Liberty and the principles of democracy, it...
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