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San Diego labor stresses unity
October 28, 2005Workers’ Correspondence On Nov. 8 organized labor and its allies in San Diego will face their first significant political challenge since the landmark AFL-CIO convention last summer. What’s at stake is the future of a labor-community...
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Blockade puts cruel limits on Cuba travel
October 28, 2005News Analysis Sen. Brian Dorgan (R-N.D.) had high hopes for the passage of his amendment to an appropriations bill that would have cut funding for the Treasury Department’s enforcement of the Cuba travel ban. Supporters of...
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The scripted presidency of George W. Bush
October 21, 2005When actor-turned-politician Ronald Reagan was elected to the presidency in 1980, a number of pundits wondered whether cue cards would have a prominent place in the White House. Since Reagan, other actors have entered the political...
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Weve won on Social Security for now
October 21, 2005President Bush acknowledged earlier this month that his main domestic goal of “saving” Social Security was going nowhere. Regarding his privatization scheme, he said, “There seems to be a diminished appetite in the short term, but...
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Cultural notes
October 21, 2005‘North Country’ inspired by women miners When Josey Aimes (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in northern Minnesota after a divorce, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to...
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