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  • A working-class getaway: a Caribbean cruise!

    A working-class getaway: a Caribbean cruise!

    January 20, 2007

    At 81,700 tons, the Enchantment of the Seas is a big ship by any measure. Commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruises, Inc., of Norway in 1997, she was built in Finland and is registered in Nassau. Last...

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  • Unions keep King dream alive

    Unions keep King dream alive

    January 20, 2007

    HOUSTON — The AFL-CIO’s national conference here, Jan. 11-15, celebrated the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with a glorious tribute to a great man. Some 500 union activists from more than 15 international...

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  • Dr. King was nations greatest unionist   Millions commemorate peace, civil rights leader

    Dr. King was nations greatest unionist Millions commemorate peace, civil rights leader

    January 19, 2007

    Last week, Americans marched, rallied, petitioned, held community service events and worshipped in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here are only a few of the tens of thousands of events honoring King’s legacy, the...

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  • Robeson film fest set for February

    Robeson film fest set for February

    January 19, 2007

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Paul Robeson film festival here will help celebrate Black History Month. The film fest is being jointly sponsored by the University of Louisville and The Left Alternative in Kentucky over the four...

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  • Pursuing happyness conveys capitalist reality

    Pursuing happyness conveys capitalist reality

    January 19, 2007

    In Pursuit of Happyness Directed by Gabriele Muccino Colombia Pictures, 2006, 117 min. Movie review I recently saw the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” starring Will Smith, his real-life son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, and the...

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