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Legacy of the East L.A. school walkouts
April 8, 2008Commemorations last month of the 40th anniversary of the East Los Angeles Chicana/Chicano Walkouts of March 1968 were a celebration of the process and progress of the civil and labor rights struggles of Mexican Americans. Back...
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Story of a plant that closed
April 8, 2008Manufacturing isn’t dead; it’s changing. Small and large shops open and close for more reasons than just market forces. Large conglomerates make decisions based on beliefs and bias I can’t fathom. A small shop where the...
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New York City Council passes resolution to keep families together
April 8, 2008NEW YORK — Immigrant rights supporters won a huge victory March 26 when the New York City Council passed Resolution 1250 by a nearly unanimous vote, calling on the U.S. Congress to pass the Child Citizen...
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World Notes: Democracy in Turkey, Romanian Workers Rebel…
April 8, 2008Turkey: Court to rule on majority party Turkey's Constitutional Court, the nation’s top judicial body, announced March 31 its unanimous decision to consider a case brought by Turkey’s chief prosecutor, alleging that the Islamic orientation of...
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Blogging from India #6 Cotton mills of Tirupur
April 8, 2008TIRUPUR, India — Just a few miles from Coimbatore is the heart of the textile and garment industry in India, the city of Tirupur. The city has gone from the heartbeat of the industry for the...
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