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Houston city workers: We want respect! Put it in the check!
November 9, 2007HOUSTON — About 500 members and supporters of the Houston Organization of Public Employees (HOPE) marched from Tranquility Park in downtown Houston to City Hall on Nov. 1, demanding fair wages for city workers. HOPE represents...
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PWW forum underscores role of peoples media
November 9, 2007ST. LOUIS — A standing room only crowd of trade unionists and community leaders attended the Fourth Annual Missouri/Kansas Friends of the People’s Weekly World “Working Class Media and Democracy” forum, held here Oct. 27. David...
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Steve Earle packs a musical wallop
November 9, 2007cd REVIEW Steve Earle’s CD, “Washington Square Serenade” (New West CD), is an ode to New York City and its residents. His song “Tennessee Blues” is his farewell to music city, Nashville, Tenn., and his hello...
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Can you believe it?
November 9, 2007Movie REVIEW Rendition Directed by Gavin Hood New Line Cinema, 2007 Rated R, 122 minutes Movies are all fake, as we know. For example, I don’t think actor Omar Metwally, who plays Anwar El-Ibrihimi in “Rendition,”...
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Antiwar movies tell all at Toronto film fest
November 9, 2007Many of the films screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival reflected the realities of death and destruction caused by wars around the globe. The genocidal war in Rwanda was represented by yet another screen...
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