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The myth of capitalist efficiency
February 4, 2005The Great Depression shattered the myth that capitalism—a for-profit market economy—constituted a fail-safe, efficient system of economic organization. Before the Great Crash and the free fall of the world economies (excepting the Soviet Union), orthodoxy insisted...
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Care providers win two-month strike
February 4, 2005Should taxpayer money go to the creation of poverty wage jobs? Should public dollars go to virulently anti-union companies? A resounding “no” was the answer in Portland, Ore. when 85 workers at the Parry Center, a...
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WORLD NOTES
February 4, 2005Canada: Union calls for marriage rights Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) President Buzz Hargrove is calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin to continue to press for same-sex marriage legislation. Canadians are counting on their politicians to do...
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Haitis poor struggle against inhuman horror
February 4, 2005The University of Miami Law School's recently released report exposes widespread human rights abuses taking place in Haiti under the U.S.-imposed government. The U.S.-sponsored coup on Feb. 29, 2004 ousted elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide. A...
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Quebec toys with electoral reform
February 4, 2005The year 2004 closed with some tentative steps toward electoral reform in Canada, but no guarantee of real change. In December, Quebec became the first provincial government to submit a draft bill for mixed member proportional...
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