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LETTERS
May 29, 2009Spell it out I am a steelworker and subscribe to the People’s Weekly World. I like the paper a lot and post articles, like the ones on May Day, on our union bulletin board at work....
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WORLDNOTES, Venezuela, Iraq, Myanmar, Spain, Nigeria, Cuba
May 29, 2009Venezuela: Nationalizing key industries In line with bringing strategic industries under state control, the Venezuelan government last week announced plans to nationalize a gas compression plant, the Guyana Steelmaking Complex, two iron producing facilities, a briquetted...
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Students don hard hats in unique school-trades partnership
May 29, 2009PHILADELPHIA — “We need the best people here. If you have a trade, a skill, no one can take that from you.” This was the advice Frank Marsh of Iron Workers Local 401 gave to the...
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Blue Cross millionaires scared to compete
May 26, 2009Original source: Truthout The boys running the show at Blue Cross in North Carolina are running scared. They're worried that President Obama is going to treat them like autoworkers and make them actually compete in the...
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Chavez expropriates more private firms
May 24, 2009Original source: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the nationalisation of major iron and steel firms, accelerating his drive to bolster the country's industrial base. Mr Chavez, who has already brought many of Venezuela's biggest industries...
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