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Hazleton, Pa.: In a town built by immigrants, residents speak out

HAZLETON, Pa. — Since the end of the 19th century, when workers from eastern Europe flocked to this area to work in the coal mines, Hazleton has been a city of immigrant workers. These workers joined...

Business-backed DLC supports union-backed law

WASHINGTON (PAI) —Showing the power of election-year politics to unify feuding factions, the mostly business-backed Democratic Leadership Council said on Sept. 6 that it formally backs the labor-pushed Employee Free Choice Act. In a press conference...

WORLD NOTES

East Timor: Popular forces under the gun Alexander Downer, the Australian foreign minister, visited East Timor on Sept. 3 to pressure new Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta to reverse the Fretilin Party’s domination of East Timor’s...

Haiti activists say solidarity needed

BERKELEY, Calif. — A standing-room-only crowd packed St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Church Sept. 9 as U.S. and Haitian activists called for continuing solidarity with the Haitian people’s struggle for peace, justice and democracy. They...