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  • World student groups defend public education

    World student groups defend public education

    November 8, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

    ACCRA, Ghana – An international gathering of student organizations ended its second World Student Congress last week with a strong commitment to mobilizing students around the world in defense of access to public education.

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  • From Charles Dickens to George W. Bush

    From Charles Dickens to George W. Bush

    November 8, 2002 By Bruce Bostick

    The novels of Charles Dickens portray life during the development of modern capitalism in England. In Nicholas Nickleby (1838), one of the characters describes a venture in which members of parliament join with capitalists to launch...

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  • Health costs crisis

    Health costs crisis

    November 8, 2002 By Phil E. Benjamin

    The winners of this week’s Congressional elections will be representing a population increasingly angry over health care costs. For the fourth consecutive year, health care costs will be increasing, and this will be the highest level...

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  • ILWU calls for investigation of Bush

    ILWU calls for investigation of Bush

    November 8, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union sent a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft, Nov. 1, calling on the Department of Justice to conduct a full investigation into the apparent collusion between the...

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  • Whose recovery? Unemployment up

    Whose recovery? Unemployment up

    November 8, 2002

    Commentary War talk from the Bush administration has done a pretty good job of shouting down any news coverage of rising unemployment. Just released figures from the Labor Department show that unemployment continued to climb slightly...

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