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Unions keep King dream alive
January 20, 2007HOUSTON — The AFL-CIO’s national conference here, Jan. 11-15, celebrated the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with a glorious tribute to a great man. Some 500 union activists from more than 15 international...
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Dr. King was nations greatest unionist Millions commemorate peace, civil rights leader
January 19, 2007Last week, Americans marched, rallied, petitioned, held community service events and worshipped in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here are only a few of the tens of thousands of events honoring King’s legacy, the...
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Robeson film fest set for February
January 19, 2007LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Paul Robeson film festival here will help celebrate Black History Month. The film fest is being jointly sponsored by the University of Louisville and The Left Alternative in Kentucky over the four...
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Pursuing happyness conveys capitalist reality
January 19, 2007In Pursuit of Happyness Directed by Gabriele Muccino Colombia Pictures, 2006, 117 min. Movie review I recently saw the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” starring Will Smith, his real-life son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, and the...
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Carter condemns Israeli/U.S. policy toward Palestine
January 19, 2007Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid By Jimmy Carter Simon & Schuster, 2006 Hardcover, 288 pp., $27 Book review Books by former presidents are usually the material for historians and history buffs. Readers look for revelations explaining decisions...
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