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Labor unites around new immigrant workers rights initiative
April 16, 2009A major breakthrough has occurred in the long running struggle for the rights of immigrant workers and their families. On Tuesday representatives of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, the country’s major labor union federations, announced...
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Organized labor challenges Irans theocratic state
April 16, 2009With less than two months to go before the June presidential elections in Iran, labor unrest may yet be a factor determining the outcome. The news that Iranian workers at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company...
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Art exhibit illustrates horrors of Iraq occupation
April 15, 2009HOUSTON - Upon entering The Station Museum of Contemporary Art on the edge of the city’s downtown to view the exhibition “Iraqi Artists in Exile,” I was hit with the questions “How do we justify the...
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Latin American World Economic Forum starts
April 15, 2009Rio de Janeiro, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Latin America's World Economic Forum, which will discuss strategies to eliminate the international financial crisis' effects on the region, is starting on Tuesday in this capital, attended by 500...
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Resurrection of Intolerance
April 15, 2009The fanatic right-wing, after taking a few days off to catch their breath, is back again with a vengeance. Name anything that President Obama is doing, and this broken wing will try to slap it down,...
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