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Texans urge boycott of ExxonMobil
June 6, 2008DALLAS, Texas – ExxonMobil held its annual shareholders conference outside the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center here May 28, and the North Texas faction of Jobs with Justice was on hand to protest the oil giant's...
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Change wins: Obamas victory signals transformative moment in America
June 5, 2008Surrounded by 30,000 cheering supporters in St. Paul, Minn., Barack Obama laid claim to the Democratic nomination for president, June 3, the first African American ever to be chosen by a major U.S. party as its...
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The underground comic book of the year
June 5, 2008A People’s History of American Empire By Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki and Paul Buhle (with additional scripting by Dave Wagner) Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2008 288 pp., paperback $17.00 “A People’s History of...
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Editorial: McCains bottomless sewer
June 4, 2008John McCain has repeatedly been forced to dump campaign advisers exposed as lobbyists for fascist-like regimes and transnational corporations. Six of his highest ranking operatives were recently forced out including Doug Goodyear — McCain’s choice to...
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Let’s pause for Utah Phillips, 1935-2008
June 1, 2008Utah Phillips spoke directly to each of us in that filled auditorium on April 24 of this year. It didn’t matter that it was his disembodied voice, speaking over a cell phone held up to a...
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