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This week in labor
January 6, 2006Wal-Mart wins ‘Grinch of Year’ title For the second year in a row, Wal-Mart has won Job with Justice’s “Grinch of the Year” contest. The company is held in contempt by millions of Americans for leading...
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European Union adopts Big Brother directive
January 6, 2006News Analysis The European Parliament launched an unprecedented attack on civil liberties and the democratic rights of the citizens of the 25 European Union (EU) member countries last month by legalizing the surveillance of private citizens’...
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World Notes
January 6, 2006Argentina: Worker takeover successful When Argentina’s economy took a nosedive four years ago, the San Justo glassworks in Buenos Aires was one of many enterprises that went bankrupt. For months a group of workers at the...
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Cuba waging fight against corruption
January 6, 2006Cuban President Fidel Castro, speaking Nov. 17 at the University of Havana, asked, “Do you believe that this revolutionary socialist process can fall apart, or not?” His answer: “This revolution can destroy itself. … We can...
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Ready for the coming crisis with Bolivia?
January 6, 2006Commentary Evo Morales of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) won an absolute majority in the Bolivian presidential elections Dec. 18. He will be sworn in on Jan. 22. Morales comes from the Aymara ethnic group, who,...
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