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  • Thousands rally in support of health care workers

    Thousands rally in support of health care workers

    August 18, 2006

    CHICAGO — Wearing union-made green T-shirts proclaiming, “We Fight, We Win,” thousands of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees members joined Resurrection Health Care workers in a rally here Aug. 9 outside St. Mary...

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  • Lieberman defeat shows anger with status quo

    Lieberman defeat shows anger with status quo

    August 18, 2006

    NewsAnalysisAn 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

    Cease-fire greeted warily in Lebanon

    August 18, 2006

    News 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

    Photo of the month

    August 18, 2006

    Nick 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

    WHATS REALLY GOOD

    August 18, 2006

    A 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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