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  • EDITORIAL: Patriots and terrorists

    EDITORIAL: Patriots and terrorists

    April 27, 2007

    In 2005 John Bolton, President Bush’s UN ambassador, had advice for UN member states deliberating about a convention on terrorism. He called for “a clear, strong declaration.” He condemned “the targeting and deliberate killing by terrorists...

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  • EDITORIAL: May Day

    EDITORIAL: May Day

    April 27, 2007

    Army Sgt. Irving Taffler, stationed at a big American base in Italy after World War II, was ordered by his colonel to go out and hire 200 Italians to staff the facility. Taffler, a proud member...

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  • Documenting U.S. working class history

    Documenting U.S. working class history

    April 27, 2007

    My will is easy to decide, For there is nothing to divide, My kin don’t need to fuss and moan Moss does not cling to a rolling stone. My body? Ah, If I could choose, I...

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  • The bell tolls again for workers

    The bell tolls again for workers

    April 27, 2007

    PITTSBURGH — A hand-fabricated metal chime will ring out here on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, tolling for workers killed on the job starting with two miners who died April 17 in Barton, Md. Mike Wilt,...

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  • CT stands up for health care

    CT stands up for health care

    April 27, 2007

    “Stand Up for Health Care!” may be the largest rally in Connecticut history, May 5, as residents in the state struggle with a broken health care system that has reached crisis proportions. Last week more than...

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