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Update on the Cananea Copper Mine situation
February 20, 2008As labor and management continue to face off over the struck Cananea Copper Mine in Sonora, Mexico, U.S. labor solidarity activists are increasing their activity also. More than 1,000 members of the Mexican National Mine and...
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World Notes: Trade, global warming, Wal-Mart strike, more…
February 19, 2008South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States...
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Some terrific new childrens books
February 15, 2008BOOKREVIEWRight now public libraries and local bookstores are featuring titles for African American history month, and next month they will be featuring titles on women’s history. Here are some new titles for children that you won’t...
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Puerto Ricos teachers fight for public education
February 15, 2008Puerto Rican teachers and their allies took to the streets of San Juan on Feb. 8 to protest the decertification of their union. The decertification happened in reaction to the union’s recent strike vote over the...
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World notes: Feb. 16, 2008
February 15, 2008Iraq: Food shortages loom Iraq’s government recently announced that a 12-year-old food rationing system set up in response to the U.S.-led embargo against the Saddam Hussein regime will end by next June. UN officials had praised...
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