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Lieberman defeat shows anger with status quo
August 18, 2006NewsAnalysisAn uprising of Democratic voters in Connecticut delivered a stunning victory to peace candidate Ned Lamont over three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 primary. It was a revolt against the policies of...
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Cease-fire greeted warily in Lebanon
August 18, 2006News AnalysisWriting from Lebanon’s capital on the eve of the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 1701, which calls for a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, Judith Le Blanc, co-chair of United for Peace...
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Photo of the month
August 18, 2006Nick Kaleba of Press Associates Inc. submitted several photos depicting a Chicago rally against a pending National Labor Relations Board ruling that could make nurses “supervisors” and leave them ineligible for union protection. The picture above,...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD
August 18, 2006A giant Fidel lights Quito The Ecuadorian Youth Coordinating Office for Solidarity with Cuba put up a huge sign with the name of Cuban President Fidel Castro lighting up the sides of the Pichincha volcano in...
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AFL-CIO, day laborers in watershed pact
August 18, 2006Going to work, getting paid, coming home in one piece and walking your neighborhood with dignity is the goal of a new “watershed” partnership between the AFL-CIO and a network of 140 immigrant worker centers in...
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