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Cuba offers assistance

September 9, 2005

Bush administration rebuffs 1,500 volunteer doctors On Aug. 30, as news of the public health disaster in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina emerged, the socialist country of Cuba, which has extensive experience dealing with hurricane...

In New York City elections: Protect the peoples interests: Dump Bloomberg

September 9, 2005

Commentary Mayor Bloomberg is a billionaire businessman, and as the saying goes, the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree — though in this case I’m referring not to his children, but to his policies. This...

World Notes

September 9, 2005

Tonga: Public workers’ strike continues Thousands of public workers continued their strike last week, after rejecting a proposal by Princess Regent Pilolevu to grant them salary increases of 60 percent to 80 percent, but only on...

Venezuelas land reform challenges elite

September 9, 2005

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, signing new land reform decrees last January, declared, “The war against the large estates is the essence of the Bolivarian Revolution. It’s land for the campesinos, land for the ones who work...

National Clips

September 9, 2005

PITTSBURGH: Workers demand boost in minimum wage “This is a day to celebrate the American dream,” roared an angry Steelworkers President Leo Gerard. “But right now, the minimum wage won’t buy you two gallons of gas.”...