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EDITORIAL: October 27 – Be there for peace!
October 12, 2007Protests against the Iraq war and occupation have been going on since long before the U.S. invasion in March 2003. Demonstrators have poured into the streets in national actions, and have held marches, vigils and other...
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EDITORIAL: Feeling secure?
October 12, 2007Under the guise of a “war on terror,” this administration has invaded two countries, unleashed the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands, including close to 4,000 American troops, terrorized and tortured detainees, and illegally spied on...
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U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling
October 12, 2007Fernando Rodriquez, director of Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Colorado, took time out from the Congreso Latino meeting in Los Angeles last week (see story, page 3) to tell the...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Oct. 13
October 12, 2007A big fat rat If you check in at an airport, don’t be surprised if you are greeted by a giant inflatable rat holding bags of money. United Airlines’ unionized pilots are using the rodent to...
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Port unveils clean truck proposal
October 12, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — Truck pollution, now contributing to soaring rates of asthma, cancer and heart disease in the West Oakland community, may be heading downward under a new plan announced by Port of Oakland officials here....
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