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  • Right-wing tricksters face criminal probe on ACORN video

    Right-wing tricksters face criminal probe on ACORN video

    September 23, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

    BALTIMORE — State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy has ordered an investigation of right-wing operatives James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, who posed as a prostitute and pimp and illegally videotaped two ACORN receptionists at the group’s Baltimore office....

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  • Kraft workers’ struggle in Argentina goes global

    Kraft workers’ struggle in Argentina goes global

    September 23, 2009 By Damien Mathew

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -– The front lines of the class war have no geographic boundaries. This is the reality presented to us by capitalist globalization. With the original intention of dividing and weakening the international working class,...

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  • The specter of big government? Get real

    The specter of big government? Get real

    September 23, 2009 By Sam Webb

    Years ago Grover Norquist, a Washington insider of right wing pedigree, quipped: "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and...

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  • With Juan Almeida, they broke the mold

    With Juan Almeida, they broke the mold

    September 23, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    Veteran revolutionary leader Juan Almeida Bosque died Sept. 11 at age 82. Two days later, Cubans honored him in nationwide ceremonies in recognition of accomplishments during the anti-Batista guerrilla war and, later on, his leading role...

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  • Labor demands global justice

    Labor demands global justice

    September 20, 2009 By John Wojcik

    PITTSBURGH - As the AFL-CIO wrapped up its 26th Convention here and world leaders got ready for the G-20 summit next week, U.S. and international trade unionists are demanding a new global economy that is fair...

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