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Republicans buckle

June 7, 2002 By Phil E. Benjamin

Many health care activists blinked their eyes in disbelief when they read the lead sentence of a front page article of the June 1 New York Times: “The Bush administration told the Supreme Court that it...

AFL-CIO launches Voice@Work Month

June 7, 2002

The AFL-CIO has designated the month of June as “Voice@Work Month” and has launched a month-long campaign aimed at shining a spotlight on the struggles workers face when they try to form unions – and the...

ILO calls for lifting Israeli border closures

June 7, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

Juan Samavia, director general of the International Labor Organization (ILO), called the situation in the Occupied Territories of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip a “socio-economic meltdown” resulting from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the “deep...

In the name of fighting terrorism

June 7, 2002

In a quick scan of the world, let’s look at what has happened in the name of “fighting terrorism.” The right-wing Israeli government is invading Palestinian lands, arresting thousands of Palestinians, forcing Palestinian children to go...

Elections in Colombia

June 7, 2002

In an election where only 45 percent of the electorate went to the polls, the right-wing candidate, Alvaro Uribe, was elected president of Colombia on May 26. Uribe, a dissident from the Liberal Party, is opposed...