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Latino Congreso sets 2008 agenda
October 12, 2007LOS ANGELES — Some 2,000 Latino leaders and activists from throughout the United States met here Oct. 5-9 to map an action plan and social justice program for the 2008 elections. Their goal is to bring...
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Ecuadorian vote keeps left course on track
October 5, 2007One of the main priorities of Ecuador’s constituent assembly, set to convene Oct. 30, will be to counteract the “barbarism that prevails in the economy” and to dismantle the economic model that exists today so as...
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A unique and progressive U.S. travelogue
October 5, 2007BOOK REVIEW Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Economist’s Travelogue By Michael D. Yates Monthly Review Press, 2007 Softcover, 207 pp., $15.95 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac’s now...
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LETTERS: Oct. 6
October 5, 2007Terrible UAW contract I just read my PWW and your coverage of the negative aspects of the new UAW contract was bad. You did not report on how retirees will not get their health benefits from...
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Critics call Cuban blockade genocide
October 5, 2007Cuba plans soon to introduce its annual resolution before the UN General Assembly against the U.S. blockade of Cuba. Nations siding with Cuba have gone from 59 in 1992 to 183 last year. At a press...
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