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  • Milton Wolff, last Lincoln Brigade Commander

    Milton Wolff, last Lincoln Brigade Commander

    January 30, 2008

    Milton Wolff, a perennial symbol of U.S. working-class internationalism, died Jan. 14 in California at age 92. Born in Brooklyn of immigrant parents, the last commander of the Washington-Lincoln Brigades that fought fascism in Spain was...

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  • Aramark preys on Detroit schools, union, pols say

    Aramark preys on Detroit schools, union, pols say

    January 30, 2008

    School predators don’t always appear as shadowy figures lurking on the fringes of playgrounds. Sometimes they come in brightly lit corporate offices wearing three-piece suits. Detroit area union officials and politicians charge that Aramark Corp., the...

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  • Cleveland rally says End Gaza siege

    Cleveland rally says End Gaza siege

    January 30, 2008

    CLEVELAND — Braving bitterly cold winds, 100 peace activists rallied in Market Square here Jan. 26 and marched several blocks to a town hall meeting to demand an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza., for...

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  • Israelis, Palestinians rally for peace at Gaza border

    Israelis, Palestinians rally for peace at Gaza border

    January 30, 2008

    In an emotional rally at the Gaza border Jan. 26, some 2,000 Israelis demonstrated for peace and an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza. The demonstration was organized by Israeli Jewish and Arab groups, and was...

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  • Voices from South Carolina

    Voices from South Carolina

    January 28, 2008

    The following is based on four blogs Wheeler wrote from South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S.C.- It’s primary election day here and the army of volunteers who have flooded into the state to campaign for Barack Obama have...

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