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WHATS REALLY GOOD: A different kind of road trip
June 9, 2006The moment Chicago members of the Young Communist League picked me up to go to the YCL’s national convention in Brooklyn, I could tell this was going to be a different experience for me. A meal...
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Massachusetts gubernatorial race heats up
June 9, 2006WORCESTER, Mass. — Massachusetts may be well on its way to getting its first African American governor after the state Democratic Party convention endorsed Deval Patrick, with 58 percent of the delegates’ votes, on June 3....
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Pro-labor candidate to oppose Schwarzenegger
June 9, 2006Labor and progressive forces scored significant victories and mounted important challenges in California’s June 6 primary election. A strong grassroots campaign by labor and its allies was the biggest factor in State Treasurer Phil Angelides’ 48-43...
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June 9, 2006FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: Wal-Mart is hazardous to your health As Wal-Mart stockholders streamed into their annual meeting June 2, scores of labor activists — decked out in hazmat suits, displaying health hazard signs, and standing behind yellow...
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Minimum wage to loom large in Ohio vote
June 9, 2006A variety of progressive, issue-oriented forces are at work in the Ohio elections, trying to build a political movement capable of ousting the ultra-right from control of state government in November. Industrial unions, for example, are...
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