News
Labor Update
August 12, 2005Two big wins for workers in North Carolina North Carolina ranks as the state in the U.S. with the lowest percentage of union members, but that status may be ripe for change if two recent organizing...
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Maria Montelibre, presente!
July 29, 2005Maria Edith Freiberg, known to many in the Cuba solidarity movement as Maria Montelibre, lost her brief battle with cancer July 22 in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 62. A staunch fighter for peace, socialism and...
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Letters
July 29, 2005Thanks for telling the truth I would like to thank Vivian Weinstein for her article, “Private bid threatens Texas social services” (PWW 7/23-29). I work for Texas Health and Human Services as a case manager and...
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Canada passes marriage equality law
July 29, 2005VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canada now joins Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain as the fourth country in the world to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. On July 19, the Canadian Senate passed Bill C-38 that...
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Venezuelan NGO takes US money, faces trial
July 28, 2005Venezuelan judge Normal Sandoval ruled July 7 that four members of the Venezuelan NGO Sumate would be facing trial on at least two charges. Under Article 132 of Venezuela’s Penal Code they will be charged with...
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