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International notes

May 29, 2003

Russia: Unions take on Norilsk Nickel Accusing Norilsk Nickel, Russia’s largest mining company, of sabotaging a labor leader’s election as mayor of Norilsk, unions vowed this week to run candidates in a postponed mayoral election, and...

U.S. Rx for Iraq: privatization

May 29, 2003 By Susan Webb

After compelling United Nations authorization of an extended U.S.-British occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration is now openly focusing on privatizing Iraq’s economy, regardless of the hardships that will mean for the Iraqi people.

Letters

May 23, 2003

Cuba solidarity still needed As you may know, I am no longer at the Cuban Interests Section (CIS) in Washington, D.C. I was in Cuba on my holidays when the U.S. government decided last week to...

Editorials

May 23, 2003

Who killed the Victoria 18? The death of 18 Latino immigrants inside a locked semi-trailer near Victoria, Texas, May 14, throws a hideous spotlight on the criminal trafficking in human cargo across our southern border. A...

Stanley Works machinists win contract gains

May 23, 2003

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – Machinists Union members voted by a three-to-one margin May 21 to end their strike against Stanley Works and accept a revised offer from management. Workers voted at a morning meeting here. The...