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Fight for public health plan option advances in Congress
June 15, 2009Major House and Senate committees last week released drafts of health care reform proposals just as President Obama took his case for reform to the American people. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Thurs. June 11, President Obama...
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EDITORIAL Rejecting the vast right-wing (and deadly) conspiracy
June 15, 2009Gunmen carried out two assassinations in the United States in 12 days proving that “home-grown” terrorists are ready to act out their hatred of women, African Americans, Latinos, immigrants and people of Jewish background. On May...
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LA transportation plan delayed after public protest
June 15, 2009Public protest greeted the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) recent special board meeting to pass the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The LRTP is a plan that spans over 30 years at a cost of...
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Vietnam: Doi moi and the World Crisis
June 14, 2009(Translated by Guy Langloy) (l'Humanite) The world is shifting its base. In Asia, Latin America and other continents, the devastating effects of this historical crisis of capitalism do not necessarily lead to pessimism, but rather quite...
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FedEx blocking bill that would improve its workers’ labor rights
June 14, 2009Original source: FedEx is attempting to block a bill in Congress that will reclassify some of its workers under jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) rather than the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Most private...
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