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Rocking Arnold’s world

April 1, 2005 By Joseph Hancock And Kelly McConnell

LOS ANGELES — When musical composer Aaron Copland was commissioned by the Works Projects Administration to write “Fanfare for the Common Man,” it must have been with public workers in mind.

Calif. labor takes up ballot initiative fight

April 1, 2005

As Gov. Arnold Schwarzen-egger continues to threaten a special election next November to press his pro-corporate agenda, a broad and growing coalition is fighting back with positive initiatives to benefit California’s ordinary people. The Alliance for...

Winchester workers win contract

April 1, 2005

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — When community leaders and elected officials showed up March 17 for a press conference at the Winchester plant’s Division Street entrance here, the company refused to open the gates so that workers...

covers dirty deeds

March 30, 2005

[This is a companion editorial to ] While GOP House leader Tom DeLay, who faces his own legal and ethics problems, pontificated on saving Terri Schiavo and George W. lectured about a “culture of life,” their...

Protests around the world

March 25, 2005

On the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, hundreds of thousands demonstrated in some 40 countries to protest the continuing war and occupation. Following is a small sampling: Britain: Up to 100,000 people marched...