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  • N.Y. transit union leader speaks in Bali on climate change

    N.Y. transit union leader speaks in Bali on climate change

    December 21, 2007

    A special labor report from UN Conference on Global Warming BALI, Indonesia — Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint became the first ever U.S. trade union leader to address the main meeting of the...

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  • Notes on a short trip to China

    Notes on a short trip to China

    December 21, 2007

    A two-week tour of China does not an expert make. I do not speak or read Chinese. Immodesty is my main credential for voicing any opinion whatsoever on People’s China. But here goes. The June 2007...

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  • S. Africas Communists comment on Zuma victory

    S. Africas Communists comment on Zuma victory

    December 21, 2007

    The ANC conference: a platform for a fresh start POLOKWANE, South Africa — The South African Communist Party congratulates the newly elected national officials of the African National Congress, led by President Jacob Zuma. We also...

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  • The Tree: a poem

    The Tree: a poem

    December 21, 2007

    Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to the poem titled “Two Trees” by Seymour Joseph. Please allow me to submit this poem about a third tree. The Jena Tree and many others have been martyred to...

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  • Write to the Cuban 5

    Write to the Cuban 5

    December 21, 2007

    We suggest to our readers that to mark the end of this year, the ninth year in prison for the Cuban Five, you write letters of solidarity to five Cuban men unjustly persecuted for combating U.S....

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