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  • A political river is being crossed

    A political river is being crossed

    December 7, 2007 By Sam Webb

    We are at the cusp of a new stage of struggle that has the potential to shift the balance of forces in our country, not incrementally and momentarily, but decisively and enduringly in favor of the...

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  • LETTERS: Dec. 8

    LETTERS: Dec. 8

    December 7, 2007

    Bravos Bravo for publishing Hazzim Yousif’s letter regarding the genocide in Turkey (PWW 11/10-16). I thought of writing you along the exact same lines, including elders’ memories of murder, but Hazzim wrote what needed to be...

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  • Waterboarding: Torture or mere interrogation technique?

    Waterboarding: Torture or mere interrogation technique?

    December 7, 2007

    Waterboarding. This new name for something that has been around for centuries makes it sound like an Olympic sport. The term has been getting a lot of attention lately as a result of the recent confirmation...

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  • Scofflaw UnitedHealth pushes UK privatization

    Scofflaw UnitedHealth pushes UK privatization

    December 7, 2007

    UnitedHealth, the discredited scofflaw U.S. health insurance company, just paid $12 million in fines to 37 state governments for its illegal administrative practices. The settlement followed years of legal problems. This hasn’t stopped UnitedHealth from seeking...

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  • Labor pushes for universal health care

    Labor pushes for universal health care

    December 7, 2007

    ‘800-pound gorilla’ sits on bargaining table NEW YORK — Union leaders here have made it clear that the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day pledge to push for national health care by 2009 is high on labor’s agenda for...

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