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Toronto International Film Festival 2002 Part 3
December 5, 2002Progressive Cinema This year there were over 50 feature-length documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival, almost doubled from last year. In the last column we discussed those from the U.S., but some of the finest...
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Your blue jeans trail of misery
December 5, 2002Blue is normally my favorite color, but after my recent trip to Lesotho I will have to reconsider. The water I saw exiting two clothing manufacturing plants and entering nearby fields was the color of ink....
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New trends in Latin America
December 5, 2002Opinion Important political changes are taking place in Latin America. In Brazil, at the head of a center-left coalition led by the Workers Party and the Communist Party of Brazil, running on a program of change,...
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Louisville passes living wage ordinance
December 5, 2002LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On Nov. 26, workers here won a major victory when the Board of Alders passed a Living Wage Ordinance by a vote of 9 to 1. The ordinance will raise the minimum pay...
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Transit bosses create conditions that killed two: Labor contract deadline is Dec. 15
December 5, 2002Workers Correspondence Light maintainer Kurien Baby and signal maintainer Joy Antony would be alive today had the New York City Transit, part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), enforced track safety rules. Transport Workers Union of...
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