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When does 2+2 not equal 4?
December 10, 2004In capitalist schools, we are taught that two plus two always equals four. But Marxism, and science in general, points to a different, more dynamic result, one that more accurately reflects reality. The difference can help...
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Strike ballots go to United flight attendants
December 10, 2004Strike authorization ballots were mailed Dec. 2 to 21,000 flight attendants at United Airlines, setting the stage for a potential nationwide “CHAOS” strike should United or any other contracted carrier abrogate its collective bargaining agreement with...
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Caregivers demand voice in patient care
December 10, 2004Some 7,000 nurses, food service staff, housekeepers, clerks, lab technicians and other health care workers at 13 northern California Sutter hospitals returned to their jobs Dec. 6 after the company had locked them out for four...
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International notes
December 10, 2004Chile: Pinochet faces new probe The Court of Appeal Dec. 2 stripped former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet of legal immunity in connection with the 1974 murder of Gen. Carlos Prats, who preceded him as army chief....
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Haitian government releases defiant priest
December 10, 2004The Haitian government finally released Father Gerard Jean-Juste on Nov. 29 after imprisoning him for six weeks on trumped-up charges. A judge ruled Nov. 19 that there was no evidence to support government charges against him...
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