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WORLD NOTES Nepal, Turkey, Cuba, Russia, Haiti, Madagascar
August 11, 2009Madagascar: Pact paves way for elections Haiti: Minimum wage law for a few Russia: Auto workers urge nationalization Nepal: Maoists said to threaten peace process Turkey: Gov’t reaches out to Kurdish party Cuba: Educating physicians for...
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Companies pull ads from Glenn Beck show
August 11, 2009According to the activist group colorofchange.org more than 50,000 of its members led a successful campaign last week to pressure several companies to pull their advertisements off the air during the Glenn Beck show on Fox...
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Real grassroots organizes for health care reform
August 11, 2009With polls showing the overwhelming majority of Americans want health care reform that covers everyone and lowers costs, progressive organizations are mobilizing to activate that real grassroots majority.
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Labor shifts its health care drive into the streets
August 11, 2009Organized groups of union members, responding to right-wing attempts to de-rail the movement for health care reform, are turning out for virtually every health care rally and town hall meeting in the nation, knocking on doors,...
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The ugly stain of Republican politics and Judge Sotomayor
August 11, 2009The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Latina and third woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme court should be regarded with a deep sense of satisfaction by all lovers of justice in this...
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