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  • The downward cycle of the U.S. economy

    The downward cycle of the U.S. economy

    December 28, 2005

    “Free traders are resurrecting class war, not because they are Marxists but because they confuse free trade with global labor arbitrage. ... Committed to a 200-year-old theory that they no longer understand, free traders are cheering...

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  • An antidote to disinformation about North Korea

    An antidote to disinformation about North Korea

    December 28, 2005

    North Korea: Another Country By Bruce Cumings The New Press, 2004 Softcover, 241 pp. $15.95 Bruce Cumings, a history professor at the University of Chicago and a former Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea, has given...

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  • NYC transit workers go back to work stronger

    NYC transit workers go back to work stronger

    December 24, 2005

    NEW YORK—After a three-day strike by bus and subway workers that brought NYC to a virtual standstill, Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint announced Thursday afternoon that the strike would end. Toussaint spoke after...

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  • U.S. seeks to deny Cubas right to play baseball

    U.S. seeks to deny Cubas right to play baseball

    December 24, 2005

    The U.S. government is trying to deny the Cuban national baseball team the right to play in the inaugural World Baseball Classic that is scheduled for March 3-20, 2006. Once again the U.S. embargo is closing...

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  • Sen. Boxer mulls impeachment

    Sen. Boxer mulls impeachment

    December 24, 2005

    BOXER ASKS PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS ABOUT FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL’S STATEMENT THAT BUSH ADMITTED TO AN ‘IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE’ http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Senator_says_shes_asked_for_opinions_1220.html Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today asked four presidential scholars for their opinion on former White...

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