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  • Laundry workers gain support

    Laundry workers gain support

    November 10, 2001

    HIGHWOOD, Ill. – “Viva la huelga, viva la union,” chanted striking laundry workers, their families and supporters as they marched and rallied here Nov. 2. The 40 workers, all Mexican immigrants, have been on strike against...

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  • America’s disappeared

    America’s disappeared

    November 10, 2001

    She did not attend the Oct. 28 memorial service at the World Trade Center in New York for those who died there Sept. 11. Instead she wrote to President Bush asking his help to find her...

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  • Firefighters 
struggle for dignity

    Firefighters struggle for dignity

    November 10, 2001

    NEW YORK – In the glare of local TV news cameras, two more leaders of the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) surrendered to police custody, Nov. 5, at the First Precinct just a few blocks from the...

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  • Bush plan puts profits before air security

    Bush plan puts profits before air security

    November 10, 2001

    George W. Bush proved that he remains a fanatical advocate of privatization as he spearheaded a drive in the House to block a Senate bill that would federalize airport security. Bush succeeded in winning a razor-thin...

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  • Use of U.S. ground forces = new dangers

    Use of U.S. ground forces = new dangers

    November 10, 2001

    Although U.S. and British “special forces” have been rumored to be on the ground in Afghanistan since the beginning of the bombing on Oct. 7, it wasn’t until last week that the Pentagon and Bush administration...

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