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Fulfill the legacies of King and Chavez
April 4, 2008Editorial On March 31 we celebrated the 81st birthday of the late Cesar Chavez, the revered co-founder of the United Farm Workers union. On April 4 we marked the anniversary of the assassination of the Rev....
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Republicans muzzle credit card victims
April 4, 2008Four workers robbed by their credit card companies sat silently at recent congressional hearings on the matter, afraid to share their horror stories with the people elected to represent them. After long journeys to the nation’s...
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HOPE for Houston
April 4, 2008HOUSTON —When the City Council last week approved a three-year contract with the Houston Organization of Public Employees by a 13 to 2 vote, Houston became the first city in Texas to okay a labor agreement...
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Im in a world of hurt
April 4, 2008Shawn Boone did not die instantly five years ago at the Hayes Lemmerz plant in Huntington, Ind. He was lying on the floor, his body smoldering, as the aluminum dust burned through his flesh and then...
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Blogging from India #5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) meets
April 4, 2008COIMBATORE, India — In a city at the center of India’s textile industry — one that is full of working class history and struggle — the Communist Party of India (Marxist) concluded its six-day congress April...
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