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Expensive oil and imperialist war
November 5, 2004In February 2003, Ari Fleischer, then George W. Bush’s press secretary, brushed off millions of demonstrators worldwide demanding “No war for oil!” If the assault on Iraq was for cheap oil, Fleischer said, the U.S. could...
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Firms export jobs
November 5, 2004Book Review Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas By Lou Dobbs Warner Books, 2004 Hardcover, 208 pp., $19.95 Lou Dobbs is a television business journalist and, he says proudly, a lifelong Republican....
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International notes
November 5, 2004China: Private workplaces should be union The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) last week reiterated its demand that all private enterprises, including foreign-owned firms, comply with Chinese labor law and allow their workers to unionize....
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Cuba moves to be dollar-free
November 5, 2004Up against sharpened threats against Cuba’s revolution and a reduced flow of U.S. dollars to Cuba, the government there has acted dramatically to move towards a dollar-free domestic economy. The goal is to prioritize dollars for...
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Results mixed in California contests
November 5, 2004In California, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer won a third term by a whopping 58 percent to 38 percent margin over Republican challenger and former Secretary of State Bill Jones, despite the support Jones received from Republican...
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