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  • Iraq Inc.: Corporate hogs feed at war trough

    Iraq Inc.: Corporate hogs feed at war trough

    July 20, 2007

    Privatization, a strategy to eliminate public control over vital sectors of the economy, is nothing new. What is new, and perhaps more ominous, is that privatization has become the preferred method by which the Bush administration...

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  • Right-wing ideology vs. public health

    Right-wing ideology vs. public health

    July 20, 2007

    Something would be seriously amiss in our nation’s capital these days if the sun were to rise without a new political scandal rocking the Bush administration. July 10 was a case in point. That day, former...

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  • This Week In Labor: July 21

    This Week In Labor: July 21

    July 20, 2007

    Gov’t agency a union buster A watchdog is needed to keep an eye on the government’s “watchdog.” Mirroring private sector union-busting tactics — but paid for with our tax dollars — the Government Accountability Office has...

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  • The threat is close to home

    The threat is close to home

    July 20, 2007

    You don’t have to be paranoid to believe that there is an international capitalist conspiracy. All it takes is a close look at the Apple iPod. U.S. trade unionists, like most Americans, are worried about the...

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  • We need the Healthy Families Act

    We need the Healthy Families Act

    July 20, 2007

    Worker's Correspondence Every day, hundreds of thousands of Americans who are really too sick to work trudge off to their jobs, in spite of their fevers, sore throats, headaches, sprains and strains. Hundreds of thousands of...

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