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April 9, 2004The cruelest lie As fierce fighting rages in Iraq, popular agitation – in both the U.S. and Iraq – about the illegal U.S. war and occupation has reached a boiling point. One thing is clear: U.S....
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Mad cows and sick chickens: capitalism and the food supply
April 9, 2004Are you becoming afraid of the grocery store? If you are, it’s no wonder. Mad cow disease, avian flu, and mercury in salmon are the latest dangers to our food supply.
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LABOR UPDATE
April 9, 2004No security for IMF security guards The International Monetary Fund’s private security contractor, Wackenhut Corp., has suspended two employees who are leading an effort to form a union. A majority of security officers at the IMF...
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Nightmare on April 15
April 9, 2004Many years ago I heard the theory expressed that taxation was a new form of exploitation of the working class that had reached confiscatory levels. I never imagined that one day this would be the horrific...
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Starving Section 8 housing to fund war
April 9, 2004SEATTLE – The new Bush budget would devastate the Section 8 housing program, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition has warned. The slash in funding for housing and other domestic programs is coupled in the Bush budget...
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