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Thousands at D.C. meeting say: Take back America
June 11, 2004WASHINGTON – Over 2,000 participants in a “Take Back America” conference here June 2-4 cheered speakers who urged a bolder, pro-peace, pro-worker, pro-equality program to rally voters against George W. Bush and the Republican right in...
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Will there be a Day After Tomorrow?
June 4, 2004Movie Review “‘The Day After Tomorrow’ has one of the most absurd and implausible plot turns I’ve seen in a movie, ever,” writes David Edelstein in his review for Slate magazine. “Global warming melts the polar...
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Lessons from NAFTA: Workers pay the price for free trade
June 4, 2004Book Review Lessons from NAFTA: The High Cost of Free Trade Edited by Kareb Hansen-Kuhn and Steve Hellinger 133 pp., 2003 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (75 Albert Street, Suite 410; Ottawa, ON, K1P 5E7, Canada)...
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NYC unions face tough contract struggles
June 4, 2004News Analysis NEW YORK CITY – The latest news on the labor scene here was the April 21 announcement of a contract settlement between government workers represented by AFSCME, DC 37 and the city of New...
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Freedom Rides continue to roll
June 4, 2004NEW YORK CITY – In the fall of 2003, busloads of people crossed the U.S. with the message that a broad coalition has emerged demanding rights and justice for immigrants. The culmination of the historic Immigrant...
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