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Phillip Hellesto: worker and anti-imperialist American
May 31, 2002Phillip Hellesto’s wife wanted everyone to know that her husband was an anti-imperialist and a patriot. She wanted to “dispel the notion that radicals cannot be patriots.” Hellesto was a merchant seaman who was killed on...
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Retirement, pensions and all that
May 31, 2002The stock market grew by 248 percent between 1989 and 1998, accompanied by a skyrocketing increase in the number of households with 401(k) pension accounts. Together, they made possible the promise of a secure retirement. Or...
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Kaiser workers win back pay in NLRB ruling
May 31, 2002PITTSBURGH – In a case involving the longest illegal lockout in U.S. labor history, a federal administrative law judge has ordered the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation to “make whole” 3,000 steelworkers for any loss...
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Israeli student condemns occupation
May 31, 2002Haggai Matar, an 18-year-old Israeli high school senior, first strikes the eye as a quiet, studious, and modest young man. He may be all of that, but when he speaks, he speaks with conviction and power,...
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NAACP announces action against racial disparity
May 31, 2002ATLANTA – The NAACP announced May 16 a major directive against states where racial disparity still exists in public school systems.
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