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August 29, 2003Bush recruits Saddam’s thugs Now we learn that the Bush administration plans to recruit former agents of Saddam’s internal security apparatus to help the precarious U.S. occupation defend itself against a growing Iraqi insurgency. Freedom loving...
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Editorials
August 29, 2003It takes a fight to win On Labor Day 2003, a specter is haunting America. It is called unemployment. In July, the official unemployment level rose to 6.2 percent. This figure hides hundreds of thousands who...
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Stop the FTAA, On to Miami!
August 29, 2003Thousands will be marching in the streets of Miami, Florida, during the week of Nov. 17-21, protesting the proposed Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). They will pour into Miami from all over the country...
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Steel companies slash retiree benefits
August 29, 2003DETROIT – Thirty thousand retired steelworkers from bankrupt National Steel are seeing their worst nightmare become reality after a bankruptcy judge ruled earlier this month that they are no longer eligible for health care coverage. For...
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Ironworkers ring doorbells against recall
August 29, 2003SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Ironworker Ray Trujillo is on a mission: to reach every union family in California and convince them to vote “no” on the recall of Gov. Gray Davis Oct. 7. An outgoing and energetic...
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