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World Notes: November 15, 2008
November 13, 2008Australia: Unions go global re climate change The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is supporting the Kevin Rudd labor government’s advocacy of a global emissions trading scheme (ETS) despite its potentially negative effect on jobs. AWU National...
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Populist president faces long odds
November 12, 2008President Fernando Lugo, up against an agrarian oligarchy and answerable to a mobilized peasant movement, has yet to introduce transformative measures reminiscent of those initiated by his Venezuelan, Bolivian and Ecuadorian counterparts. The former bishop’s election...
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Gardens, forests and Black artists: documentaries worth seeing
November 12, 2008Some of the documentaries shown at the 44th Annual Chicago International Film Festival should be of interest to progressive activists. They deal with flora — one in the form of a community garden, another the Amazon...
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OPINION: New opportunity for immigration reform
November 12, 2008With the new Obama administration and an enhanced Democratic majority in Congress, we can make new advances on immigrants' rights. In the last few years the Bush administration dropped all pretense of being immigrant-friendly. Enforcement actions...
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OPINION: To save auto jobs, and our planet, dont leave CEOs in the drivers seat
November 12, 2008The Big Three auto companies may not like unions, consumers, environmentalists and the government having input into how their business is run, but with sales at a 25-year low, they would be in a much better...
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