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Local health care struggles tied to 2004 elections

June 6, 2003 By Art Perlo

Opinion The fight for affordable health care and the struggle of health care workers for decent wages and union representation come together at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH).

Marxism and prices

June 6, 2003 By Wadi’h Halabi

The sky-high prices of housing, fuel, medicines and many other necessities raise the question: How are prices really set? The answer has profound implications for billions of people worldwide – and for the class struggle.

Defense CEOs getting more bucks for the bang

May 30, 2003

Opinion In 1940, on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, President Roosevelt warned, “I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world...

NY budget battle: Much to celebrate and more struggles ahead

May 30, 2003

Opinion Many are calling what has taken place in New York’s budget battle “historic.” Should we declare it a victory? What’s ahead for working people in our state? A powerful, sustained outpouring of protest from every...

Is Cheney the new EPA chief?

May 30, 2003

Opinion Gov. Christine Todd Whitman stepped down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency May 21, praising President Bush for his commitment to “innovative, effective” environmental policies in a farewell note. But rumor has it that...