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  • OPINION: Renegotiating NAFTA  an uphill but winnable fight

    OPINION: Renegotiating NAFTA an uphill but winnable fight

    December 23, 2008

    One of the demands of U.S. workers in the election just past was a renegotiation of NAFTA. Canadian workers have similar concerns. In Mexico, the demand to reorganize NAFTA comes most strongly from small farmers, but...

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  • Send greetings to the Cuban Five

    Send greetings to the Cuban Five

    December 23, 2008

    We take the occasion of the beginning of a new year to urge readers to write to the Cuban Five. Antonio, Fernando, Gerardo, Rene and Ramon have been in U.S. federal prisons for ten years. They...

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  • LETTERS  December 20, 2008

    LETTERS December 20, 2008

    December 22, 2008

    Good luck, Mr. President-elect Imagine coming upon a scene of rape, pillage and desecration. What to do? That’s what the new president-elect faces as he prepares to assume the presidency after George W. Bush’s “reign of...

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  • WORLDNOTES  December 20, 2008

    WORLDNOTES December 20, 2008

    December 22, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    Morocco: EU aid promotes trade, military power Parliament recently doubled 2009 defense spending to 16 percent of state expenses, at the same time the EU is increasing financial assistance to 190 million euros.

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  • EDITORIAL: Happy holidays

    EDITORIAL: Happy holidays

    December 22, 2008

    Happy holidays This is our last print edition for 2008. Do not fear — we will be publishing online throughout the holiday season. But we do want to take the opportunity to send a greeting to...

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