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Last minute Bush push threatens workers, consumers and environment
November 18, 2008The Bush administration is in a midnight frenzy, churning out a stream of regulations designed to cement its right-wing legacy of damage to the environment and attacks on workers and consumers. If successful, a virtual dream...
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Gay rights rallies held across the nation
November 17, 2008BOSTON — Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the...
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Pakistan’s Home Workers’ Union starts paying off
November 16, 2008LAHORE, Pakistan (WOMENSENEWS)--Asia Afzal, 35, wipes her forehead with the corner of her duputta scarf as beads of perspiration gather on her face. In her two-room house, a solitary ceiling fan is still due to the...
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Michelle Obama brings new Everywoman to White House
November 16, 2008(WOMENSENEWS)--Is she more Jackie Kennedy or more Hilary Clinton? Is she a feminist or isn't she? Will she have an agenda of her own or champion causes identified by her husband on the campaign trail? Will...
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Inject people’s demands into economy, not just liquidity
November 16, 2008Original source: People's Democracy Discussions of the current world economic crisis tend to focus exclusively on the bursting of the housing bubble in the United States. This no doubt is the immediate cause of the crisis,...
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