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  • Layoffs hit P&W workers

    Layoffs hit P&W workers

    January 31, 2003

    HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut continues to reel from layoffs, as 600 Pratt & Whitney (P&W) workers join the ranks of 2,800 state workers who received pink slips in the last week. Daily rallies by thousands of...

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  • World Social Forum: Where the hopes of the world are gathered

    World Social Forum: Where the hopes of the world are gathered

    January 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

    PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – 100,000 representatives of the world’s peoples came together in the World Social Forum here to say in one thunderous voice: No to war, no to global capitalist military and economic domination! Another...

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  • Bush policies blasted At UN

    Bush policies blasted At UN

    January 31, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

    Faced with growing international skepticism, George W. Bush used much of his State of the Union Address in an attempt to build support for his drive to war with Iraq.

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  • Bush policies blasted At Home

    Bush policies blasted At Home

    January 31, 2003

    George W. Bush attempted to win backing for his agenda of tax cuts for the rich and war on Iraq in his Jan. 28 State of the Union Speech. But mayors, governors, members of Congress and...

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  • Drug giants fight back: Protect profits

    Drug giants fight back: Protect profits

    January 30, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    Maximizing their already astronomical profits, prescription drug manufacturers are devising programs to increase their profit rates. They know that these measures will hurt people most in need, but they truly have no shame.

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