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Csar Chvez: S, se puede!
March 30, 2007“There is no turning back. ... We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.” — César ChávezMigrant farmworker, civil rights advocate, unionist, community activist, environmentalist and crusader for nonviolent...
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EDITORIAL: Happy birthday, Csar Chvez
March 30, 2007On March 31, hundreds of thousands of supporters of workers’ rights across the country will honor and commemorate the life, work and continuing legacy of César Chávez, who would have celebrated his 80th birthday this year....
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When housing dreams become nightmares
March 30, 2007“Why keep paying all that money to make your landlord rich, when you can buy a house while interest rates are low and build up your nest egg?” is heard around kitchen tables, water coolers and...
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Immokalee workers may launch boycott of McDs
March 30, 2007CHICAGO — Imagine waking up every morning, still dark outside, and then have to pick tomatoes for a typical 10-hour workday, seven days a week, in sweatshop conditions with armed guards watching over you. Sound back-breaking...
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Party of hope archives show living history
March 30, 2007NEW YORK — This wasn’t your usual trip to the library. At New York University’s Tamiment Library, March 23, people jammed in to sit on folding chairs or stand shoulder-to-shoulder and listen to speakers tell of...
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