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UAW delegates vow to build mass movement

March 28, 2011 By John Rummel

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers Special Bargaining Convention, held here last week, was like nothing this reporter has attended before: it was three days of preparing the union to do battle with Republicans and Wall...

UAW special convention: “Fight for every worker in America”

March 23, 2011 By John Rummel

DETROIT - Addressing 1,200 union activists, United Auto Workers President Bob King called for a return to the social consciousness of the union's founders.

Ecuadorian judge says Chevron must pay $8 billion

February 16, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The legal battle brings to light the tug of war between the sovereignty of an independent nation and the infringement of that right under corporate globalization.

Egypt uprising is turning point for region and U.S.

January 31, 2011 By Susan Webb

When the mass uprising in Tunisia spread to Egypt last week, it took a qualitative turn: Egypt occupies a highly strategic position in the region and has for decades been a linchpin of American policy there.

China-U.S. summit was a win-win

January 28, 2011 By Sam Webb

Last week's White House summit meeting between President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao marked an important turn in U.S.-China relations.