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  • Activists correspondence: A new chapter in the struggle for immigrant rights

    Activists correspondence: A new chapter in the struggle for immigrant rights

    January 19, 2008

    PHOENIX, Ariz. — Visiting M.D. Pruitt’s Home Furnishings on a Saturday morning, one sees much more than tables and sofas. Signs reading, “Who Would Jesus Deport?” and “No More Open Borders!” will most likely remind customers...

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  • Settlements seen as key obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian progress

    Settlements seen as key obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian progress

    January 18, 2008 By Susan Webb

    Following President Bush's visit to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank last week, most commentators are saying no real progress is likely without U.S. pressure on Israel to halt its settlements in the West Bank.

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  • Proposed Calif. budget cuts stir outrage

    Proposed Calif. budget cuts stir outrage

    January 18, 2008

    Healthcare and education advocates, and Democratic legislative leaders, are expressing outrage at the proposals Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made last week for a 10 percent across-the-boards cut in the state’s budget, to offset a $14.5 billion...

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  • Cleveland workers protest toxic imports

    Cleveland workers protest toxic imports

    January 18, 2008

    CLEVELAND - Forty protesters, some wearing “Hazmat” suits, picketed the federal building here Jan. 16 in support of legislation to protect consumers from toxic imports. Initiated by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), the action, calling...

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  • Mexican authorities move to crush copper strike

    Mexican authorities move to crush copper strike

    January 18, 2008

    Mexican labor authorities seized on technicalities to order an end to the strike at the country’s largest copper mine in Cananea, Sonora, on Friday. The Mexican press reports that over 700 heavily armed agents of the...

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