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Reflections on returning to Vietnam
March 2, 2007I recently came back from a remarkable return visit to Vietnam. My first trip to Vietnam was in 1972 during the war, when Nixon decided to bomb Hanoi during the Christmas holidays. The contrast with today’s...
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LETTERS
March 2, 2007Fact check on Venezuela Here’s a fact check on U.S. government and corporate media statements on the Venezuelan “threat.” Condoleezza Rice, CNN’s Lou Dobbs, Fox News, to name but a few, all warn of the Venezuelan...
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EDITORIAL: Wall Street tumbles …
March 2, 2007The question, “Are we heading into a recession?” has been hanging like a dark cloud over Wall Street since the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 416 points Feb. 27, the stock market’s worst day since Sept....
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We need this law
March 2, 2007Workers in more than 100 cities met with members of Congress and community leaders to push for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, HR 800. Here are two reports.OAKLAND, Calif.— On Feb. 24, workers told...
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Freedoms road includes the right to organize
March 2, 2007The continuing effort by the world’s largest meatpacking giant to keep out a union has been transformed by its workers into a drive in Congress to streamline the way all American workers win the right to...
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