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  • Labor-led coalition demands recovery plan for Main Street

    Labor-led coalition demands recovery plan for Main Street

    October 10, 2008

    Leaders of many of the nation’s most powerful unions have joined with heads of dozens of progressive community and political organizations to map out an economic recovery plan for Main Street. In a message titled “A...

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  • Largest U.S. fast aims to turn out voters

    Largest U.S. fast aims to turn out voters

    October 10, 2008

    LOS ANGELES — The largest hunger strike in U.S. history will begin Oct. 15, to call attention to voter mobilization, immigrant rights organizers say. One hundred dedicated activists will encamp at the historic heart of Los...

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  • Editorial: Talking about race

    Editorial: Talking about race

    October 10, 2008

    Two conversations about race are taking place in our country. One is reviving the ugly past. The other is looking to a brighter future. Stirring a lynch-mob atmosphere reminiscent of the worst in our nation’s history,...

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  • Letters: October 11

    Letters: October 11

    October 10, 2008

    Taking issue I am insulted by Bruce Bostick’s article “Unity — the only road to victory” (PWW 9/20-26). He insults third parties and their supporters as having “no understanding” of the corporate power around Bush/McCain and...

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  • The Great Election Swindle

    The Great Election Swindle

    October 10, 2008

    “The Great Rock and Roll Swindle,” a movie that is alleged to be the true story of the ’70s punk rock band the Sex Pistols, tells a tale of how Malcolm McLaren, the band’s founder and...

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