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    May 28, 2004

    Ohio workers: ‘Outsource Bush’ On April 24, 2003, George W. Bush visited the Timken Roller Bearing plant in Canton, Ohio, and bragged to assembled workers that Timken is living proof that his corporate tax cuts are...

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  • Harken v. Costa Rica: U.S. companies employ blackmail in free trade with Central America

    Harken v. Costa Rica: U.S. companies employ blackmail in free trade with Central America

    May 28, 2004 By Mark Engler And Nadia Martinez

    When most people think of Costa Rica, they don’t imagine oil rigs stationed off the pristine beaches. Nor do they envision pit mines cutting into the cloud-forested mountains.

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  • Travel groups defy Bushs Cuba policies

    Travel groups defy Bushs Cuba policies

    May 28, 2004

    Cuba has survived 45 years of U.S.-inspired military incursions, terrorist attacks, internal subversion, economic blockade, biological warfare, and diplomatic isolation, but Cuban leaders say worse is yet to come. In a May 14 interview with the...

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  • Puerto Ricans chart progressive agenda

    Puerto Ricans chart progressive agenda

    May 28, 2004

    BRONX, N.Y. – More than 250 Puerto Rican activists and leaders met here “to discuss the state of our communities” and to begin the development of a “progressive political agenda” for Puerto Ricans in 2004. The...

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  • 100,000 strikers force SBC to pick up phone

    100,000 strikers force SBC to pick up phone

    May 28, 2004

    CHICAGO – Phone giant SBC Communications got the message when 100,000 workers in 13 states put down their headsets and tool belts to hit the streets, transmitting their own powerful message. After a four-day strike, May...

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