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Threatened by free trade Engineers need unions too

November 13, 2003

Workers’ Correspondence When I started out working as a mechanical engineer a bit over four decades ago, there was a widespread tendency for engineers to regard themselves as a special group above and unrelated to the...

Working Families victory in NYC vote

November 13, 2003

NEW YORK – History was made here on Nov. 4 as Letitia James running on the Working Families Party line, swept the polls in a landslide as the first third-party candidate to be elected to City...

Grassroots victories give hope for 2004

November 13, 2003

News Analysis Despite Republican claims of having locked up the South after winning governors’ races in Mississippi and Kentucky, the 2004 presidential race is far from over. In addition to polls reporting lack of confidence in...

National Clips

November 13, 2003

WASHINGTON: Al Gore says ‘repeal Patriot Act’ Before 3,000 people in Constitution Hall, Nov. 9, former Vice President Al Gore charged President Bush with “mass violations of civil liberties” and eating away at personal freedoms under...

Media reform movement comes of age

November 13, 2003 By Babette Grunow And Gary Grass

MADISON, Wis. – As the audience overflowed the 1,800-capacity Orpheum Theatre here last weekend, Commissioner Michael Copps of the Federal Communications Commission told them they were “the most important meeting occurring in America today,” and veteran...