June 16
Take It Back to the Grassroots
June 15, 2007“I hope that everyone who reads the People’s Weekly World gets this pamphlet in their hands,” said Joelle Fishman, chair of the Communist Party USA Political Action Commission. “And if they’re inspired by it, take more...
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Voters in Ontario, Canada, mull electoral reform
June 15, 2007ONTARIO, Canada — Ontario Province will hold a referendum on a new voting system when voters go to the polls here Oct. 10. The Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform is recommending a switch from the...
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Zimbabwe forum urges solidarity
June 15, 2007CHICAGO — With the Zimbabwean economy in a state of collapse and President Robert Mugabe stepping up repression against the country’s population, activists here called for extending greater solidarity to the people. The gathering of 100...
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Soldiers walk to end Iraq war
June 15, 2007COLUMBUS — “We’re here for those that can’t be here, for those who’d like to be, but are still in Iraq,” said Teresa Dawson, the Central Ohio coordinator of Military Families Speak Out. Dawson is the...
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Ohio goes after prevailing wage crooks
June 15, 2007CLEVELAND — On June 4, Marc Dann, Ohio’s new attorney general, announced an enforcement program targeting contractors who violate Ohio’s prevailing wage law. “We’re going to aggressively pursue this strategy in the future,” Dann said in...
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