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  • Letters – April 19, 2008

    Letters – April 19, 2008

    April 19, 2008

    American Axle coverage I just wanted to say I enjoyed reading John Rummel’s piece on the on going struggle at American Axle in PWW 3/29-4/4 issue. This is an important event with no coverage in the...

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  • Food price crisis

    Food price crisis

    April 19, 2008

    Among the necessities for human life — indeed, all life — food obviously occupies a central place. In recent decades advances in agriculture and in the ability to distribute food around the world seemed to promise...

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  • Earth Day 2008

    Earth Day 2008

    April 19, 2008

    The first Earth Day in 1970 symbolized our growing awareness of problems in the relationship of human production to nature on which we depend for survival. The problems are rapidly escalating. We now know that serious...

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  • Chavez government nationalizes Sidor steel

    Chavez government nationalizes Sidor steel

    April 19, 2008

    Venezuelan Vice President Ramón Carrizalez closed a last ditch meeting April 9 between officials of Venezuela’s giant Sidor steel plant and representatives of the United Steel Industry Workers Union (SUTISS) with the announcement that Sidor would...

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  • Some background about Tibet

    Some background about Tibet

    April 19, 2008

    Over a month after Tibetan protesters launched demonstrations demanding independence, news reports and opinion pieces continue to appear daily. Many discuss issues of sovereignty, development and relations among nationalities. Others focus on responses, including protests and...

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