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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 2, 2007‘Worker Squeezinart’ Employees of the Albertsons supermarket chain in Los Angeles dramatized their struggles Feb. 22 with street theater. The skits featured “Fatcat Albertson” showing off his “Amazing Profit Machine” churning out money at the expense...
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WORLD NOTES
March 2, 2007Bolivia: Cuba aids flood victims Cuban doctors joined rescue efforts after heavy rains caused flooding in eastern Bolivia. In Beni, flooding accompanied by hail, sleet and continuing rain displaced over 80,000 people. Overall 343,000 people had...
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Venezuela and Argentina to cooperate
March 2, 2007For Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the signing of 17 agreements Feb. 21 with President Nestor Kirchner of Argentina was part of a larger plan for cooperation and integration among South American countries. “We are one and...
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S. Korean liberal, left parties in crisis
March 2, 2007Less than a year before the Republic of Korea’s (South Korea) next presidential election, President Roh Moo Hyun, elected in a stinging rebuff to the country’s extreme right, announced Feb. 22 he would quit the ruling...
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Canadian CP: Urgent to defeat the right
March 2, 2007TORONTO, Canada — Opening with an Aboriginal drum song, and with speakers taking the floor in English, French and Spanish, the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) held a lively 35th Central Convention here Feb. 1-4. In...
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