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  • Labor Department’s secret OSHA rule

    Labor Department’s secret OSHA rule

    August 10, 2008

    AFL-CIO Executive Council statement, August 05, 2008 CHICAGO – For nearly eight years, the Bush administration has failed to protect the health and safety of America's workers. Within weeks of taking office in 2001, President Bush...

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  • Comparing Obama, McCain energy plans

    Comparing Obama, McCain energy plans

    August 10, 2008 By Associated Press

    A comparison of the major energy initiatives proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain:

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  • House passes apology for slavery and segregation bill

    House passes apology for slavery and segregation bill

    August 9, 2008

    The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill recently apologizing to African Americans for slavery and segregation. Authored by Steve Cohen, Democrat of Memphis, and co-sponsored by 120 representatives, House Resolution 194 apologizes for the 'fundamental...

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  • A history of the European left through WW I

    A history of the European left through WW I

    August 9, 2008

    Book review Against Capitalism: the European left on the March Author: William A. Pelz Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007, 159 pages Historian William A. Pelz, author of several previous books on the early German left, has...

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  • 3 million volunteers, unionists included

    3 million volunteers, unionists included

    August 8, 2008

    CHICAGO (PAI)--Imagine mobilizing one of every 100 Americans, a population equal to that of the entire city of Chicago, and putting them out on the campaign trail. That’s what Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seeks to do....

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