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Workers beat back Waste Managements challenge
August 3, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — Residents and businesses here and in neighboring cities heaved a collective sigh of relief this week as garbage workers returned to work July 30 at Waste Management of Alameda County, proud that with...
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Palestinian doctor paints picture of Gaza under siege
August 3, 2007CHICAGO — Sometimes it’s the little things that reveal the horror of oppression most vividly. Dr. Mona El-Farra, speaking here as part of a 17-city U.S. tour, related how recently a Palestinian woman in the Occupied...
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Arnold the Fish Terminator
August 3, 2007California governor campaigns for canal, more dams SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ramped up his campaign to build a peripheral canal and more water storage facilities with four major press conferences July 16-24, at northern...
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Victor Perlo’s penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy
August 1, 2007U.S. military interventionism is the subject of numerous commentaries by the author. Perlo noted its continuous use under different administrations and showed its direct connection to the military-industrial complex.
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Wide support for garbage workers
July 27, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — As Waste Management, Inc.’s lockout of garbage workers in Alameda County communities entered its fourth week, union pickets at the company’s headquarters here were more determined than ever. In a conversation sometimes overwhelmed...
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