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UPDATE Citigroup, AIG, on taxpayer dole, lead charge vs. worker rights
March 12, 2009WASHINGTON — Organized labor hit the ground running March 10, bringing hundreds of workers to the capital to visit their senators and representatives to urge passage of the Employee Free Choice Act on the day it...
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Planting one million trees for life in Peru: Incan descendants clean up Mother Earth
March 12, 2009Original source: CUZCO, Peru — The project involves men, women and children of all ages planting trees and cleaning up lakes and rivers and working to protect a region sacred to these descendants of the Incas....
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Small towns challenge the U.S. governments practice of military recruiting of minors
March 12, 2009“United States of America v. City of Arcata; City of Eureka.” So reads the heading to a lawsuit filed in December 2008 by the United States Department of Justice, acting on a complaint by the Department...
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A new level of struggle against racism is needed
March 11, 2009One of the results of the last election is that there is a stepping up of the struggles against racism. The quick reaction all around the country to the racist anti-Obama cartoon in the NY Post...
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Police officer shot dead by Continuity IRA
March 11, 2009Original source: Dissident republicans the Continuity IRA fatally shot a policeman in Craigavon on Monday night as he responded to an emergency call, just 48 hours after the killing of two soldiers. The killings of British...
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