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Security officers march for a living wage
September 14, 2007SAN FRANCISCO — Security officers who protect downtown high-rise office buildings are telling this city’s corporate real estate giants they need real security, too, in the form of living wages, family health coverage, paid sick days...
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WORLD NOTES: Sept. 15
September 14, 2007Australia: Labor, war protesters challenge Bush As President George Bush and leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) nations met in Canberra last week, labor leaders from Asian and Pacific nations spoke out against privatization and...
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New worldwide campaign on Cuban 5
September 14, 2007The international network of committees in support of five Cuban prisoners in the United States — Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Fernando Gonzáles, Antonio Guerrero and René Gonzáles — has launched a worldwide campaign for their release....
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Guatemalas elections settle few of its problems
September 14, 2007Almost 6 million Guatemalans voted Sept. 9 for a new president, vice president, 158 parliamentary deputies and 322 mayors. Fourteen political parties were involved in electioneering that began on May 2. Voting in Guatemala is mandatory....
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James E. Jackson Jr. an appreciation
September 14, 2007James E. Jackson Jr., a giant in the struggle for African American equality, world peace and socialism, passed away Sept. 1, just short of his 93rd birthday. He was one of the truly heroic figures of...
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