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  • EDITORIAL: A path out of Iraq

    EDITORIAL: A path out of Iraq

    March 16, 2007

    Four long years. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people dead, thousands more wounded and their country destroyed. More than 3,200 U.S. soldiers dead, some 40,000 wounded. Over $408 billion wasted. Now, finally, there is some end...

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  • Life and times of Claudia Jones: Telling herstory

    Life and times of Claudia Jones: Telling herstory

    March 16, 2007

    Claudia Jones (1915–1964), an Afro-Caribbean woman born in Port of Spain, British West Indies (Trinidad), was a Communist activist in the U.S., holding several responsible positions within the Communist Party and for its publications until her...

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  • Continuing Crystal Eastmans work

    Continuing Crystal Eastmans work

    March 16, 2007

    Workers Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have been injured or died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe workplaces. This year the Allegheny County Labor Council, in Pittsburgh, Pa.,...

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  • Unions: Enough talk, time for action on health care

    Unions: Enough talk, time for action on health care

    March 16, 2007

    The AFL-CIO Executive council voted unanimously at its March 6 meeting in Las Vegas to endorse universal national health care coverage for all Americans under a plan in which government plays a central role in regulating,...

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  • Were bankrupt! We have too much money!

    Were bankrupt! We have too much money!

    March 16, 2007

    “Is the United States bankrupt?” That’s the title of a lead article in a recent issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review. The article’s author, Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff, notes that 77...

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