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Milton Wolff, last Lincoln Brigade Commander

January 30, 2008

Milton Wolff, a perennial symbol of U.S. working-class internationalism, died Jan. 14 in California at age 92. Born in Brooklyn of immigrant parents, the last commander of the Washington-Lincoln Brigades that fought fascism in Spain was...

LETTERS: Jan. 26

January 25, 2008

Cost of war What taxpayers are spending for the Iraq war this year: $155.5 billion. What $155.5 billion could pay for: health care for 44,330,909 people. Source: National Priorities Project Torture This is a highly tardy...

LETTERS: Jan. 19

January 18, 2008

‘Right to work’ scam I sent this letter to the Oakland (Mich.) Press: The far-right is on the move again. These are people with heavy pockets and bulging bank accounts. And, by gosh, they are never...

Plumbers, Unite Here endorse Obama

January 18, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the backing Jan. 9 of the 60,000-strong Culinary Workers Union in Nevada. The endorsement followed announcements by the 450,000-member parent union, Unite Here, and the national Plumbers and Pipefitters Union...

Illegal immigrants, or undocumented ones?

January 11, 2008 By Barb Kucera

Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins has a bumper sticker that reads, “An injury to Juan is an injury to Al.” In a lighthearted way, that twist on the classic labor motto captures the meaning behind a resolution...