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Voices of the World Social Forum
February 4, 2005“Filipino migrants are all over the world. Why? Because they cannot make enough money to care for their families in the Philippines. “The government spends less than 1 cent per person per day on health care....
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Feel good speech opens NYC mayoral battle
February 4, 2005NEW YORK—Though elections won’t be held until November, the battle for the mayoralty here has already begun. Critics charge that Mayor Michael Bloomberg used an unrealistic “feel-good” State of the City address as a campaign tool....
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Airline gets handout, workers get shaft
February 4, 2005PITTSBURGH — At 5:30 a.m. Julie Burnett, 53, was busy at the US Airways ticket counter assisting passengers with the newfangled machines generating their boarding passes. “These machines are taking our jobs along with those crooks...
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Upholding Social Security: Labor targets Schwab
February 4, 2005SAN FRANCISCO — The labor movement and community organizations took on the financial institutions backing Social Security privatization as they held noontime demonstrations Jan. 26 in San Francisco and Boston to protest Charles Schwab and Co.’s...
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Tipping point looms for Earths climate
February 4, 2005Global warming is leading towards a “tipping point,” where rising oceans, droughts, and weather change would become irreversible by the end of this century, says a new study by the International Climate Change Task Force. The...
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