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Contra figures resurface to target Venezuela

April 29, 2005 By David Eisenhower

His “crimes” include acting as a democratically elected president of a sovereign Venezuela; rejecting the principles embodied in the Monroe Doctrine (i.e., “Latin America is the U.S.A.’s backyard”); challenging neoliberal doctrines that serve the interest of...

Victory for Wash U students in living wage

April 29, 2005

ST. LOUIS — Washington University here will commit at least $1 million over the next two years toward higher salaries and better benefits for low-paid contract employees as a result of a 19-day sit-in by students...

Michigan grad students win gains

April 22, 2005

Despite threats of retribution and tense negotiations that included a one-day walkout, graduate student instructors (GSI) at the University of Michigan claimed a major victory when their membership ratified a three-year contract with the university on...

We are Joaquin: the legacy of Corky

April 22, 2005 By Rosalío Muñoz

During the 1960s, the American people broke out of the McCarthy era with mass movements for peace, civil rights, women’s rights, and labor organizing of agricultural and public workers. At the same time, throughout the Southwest,...

Letters

April 22, 2005

On John Paul and Benedict Millions mourned the death of Pope John Paul II. The grief was felt hard in my home city of Chicago with its large Polish community. As a Polish-American Catholic, I still...