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Does Wal-Mart speak for women?

March 11, 2005

Does Wal-Mart speak for women? Wal-Mart has been hitting the airways with regular television commercials. A lot of them, maybe even most of them, depict happy women. Happy women shoppers and happy women workers. There’s no...

What is freedom?

March 11, 2005

OPINION Bush means freedom for corporations to own the world’s natural resources, the labor market, public space and socially produced wealth. He is talking about the ruling class’s freedom to exploit and wage war.

EDITORIALS

March 11, 2005

No compromise on Social Security o far, Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have maintained a solid front in opposition to President George W. Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security. With overwhelming support of their...

Powerful drugs endanger unprotected health workers

March 11, 2005

As an oncologist, I was troubled to read “What if the Cure is also a Cause?” in the Feb. 15 edition of the Washington Post. Improving workplace safety and strengthening the regulatory system designed to protect...

Renegade boss makes ditch diggers boil

March 11, 2005

William Z. Foster ran for U.S. president on the Communist Party ticket three times: 1924, 1928 and 1932. Before he joined the Communist Party, he was active in the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World....