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  • Letters

    Letters

    November 27, 2003

    ‘Press Box Red’ misses key point I attended the book signing for “Press Box Red” – even obtained a double autographed copy, one from the author, Irwin Silber, and one from the subject, Lester Rodney. At...

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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    November 27, 2003

    That all may eat George W. Bush and his wealthy patrons will probably feast this Thanksgiving without a thought to the millions of people made hungry by their “steal from the poor, give to the rich”...

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  • Vietnam today

    Vietnam today

    November 27, 2003

    In October, Chicagoans Beatrice Lumpkin and her husband Frank, the chairman of the Wisconsin Steelworkers Save Our Jobs Committee, traveled to Vietnam for two weeks. Here are some of Beatrice’s travel notes. Hanoi. We learn it...

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  • Cintas hit for sweatshop methods

    Cintas hit for sweatshop methods

    November 27, 2003

    NEW YORK – Calling for an investigation into sweatshop conditions at Cintas facilities that service 11 universities nationwide, workers detailed serious abuses of workers’ rights at a press conference unveiling a report submitted to the Fair...

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  • Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

    Machine guns on Arizona choppers?

    November 27, 2003

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Republican Rep. John Shadegg wants the U.S. Customs Department’s Black Hawk helicopters to be armed with .50-caliber machine guns. Shadegg says this would allow a gunner on board to fire into the...

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