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Reports of deepening bank crisis stir more calls for nationalization
April 22, 2009Reports of deepening bank crisis stir more calls for nationalization By Tim Wheeler WASHINGTON — Two reports warning of the enormous cost to taxpayers of insolvent banks were released this week. They fueled stronger calls for...
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Review: New biography of groundbreaking Labor Secretary is timely
April 22, 2009(Reposted from Workday Minnesota) ST. PAUL - A new biography, “The Woman Behind the New Deal,” brings Frances Perkins out of the footnotes and into the historically accurate limelight of unparalleled progressive policy advances. If you...
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Illinois workers fight racist, anti-union harassment
April 22, 2009Workers at Commercial Forged Products (CFP) have had enough. After signing a new contract last year, 60 members of USWA Local 2154 have endured a constant stream of attacks and African American and Latino workers have...
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Lawyers group targets torture memo author
April 22, 2009NEW YORK, Apr 20 (IPS) - Lawyers who reject President Barack Obama’s decision not to seek prosecution of officials who may have participated in the torture of terror-suspect prisoners are seeking justice through another avenue: Sanctions...
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Bolivias Morales to Attend UN Earth Day
April 22, 2009La Paz, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales is expected to travel to New York on Tuesday to attend Earth Day celebrations by the United Nations General Assembly, government sources has confirmed. According to...
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