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August 4, 2006Russia: Autoworkers build independent union An independent union is taking root at a 4-year-old Ford assembly plant on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Alexei Etmanov, a welder, attended a union conference in Brazil last year where...
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In Mexico, 3 million march for recount
August 4, 2006MEXICO CITY — Amid widespread evidence of election fraud, public pressure continues to grow for Mexican authorities to recount the vote. Nearly 3 million people from every state of Mexico converged on Mexico City July 30...
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Detroit gears up for Labor Day
August 4, 2006Friends of the People’s Weekly World are planning a major distribution of the paper at Detroit’s Labor Day parade, which routinely draws tens of thousands of people. John Rummel, who is organizing the distribution, said that...
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Ohio labor charts new course
August 4, 2006CINCINNATI — Delegates to the Ohio AFL-CIO convention here last week expressed optimism and a strong fighting spirit. For the first time in decades, they see a real opportunity to replace the state’s corrupt Republican officeholders...
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The promise of stem cell research
July 28, 2006Stem cells are relatively undifferentiated cells, that is, they have no specific tissue function. They are capable of self-renewal or of being stimulated to develop into specialized (differentiated) cells. There are two kinds of stem cells:...
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