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  • International notes

    International notes

    July 4, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

    100,000 rally for Chavez/Demand to free jailed S. Korean unionists/Protest foreign investment in India’s media/Argentina police killings draw big protest/Georgian workers say TNCs flout standards/German phone workers win pay hike

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  • Marxism Lives! The American Revolution, Part I: 1776-1900

    Marxism Lives! The American Revolution, Part I: 1776-1900

    July 4, 2002

    [From the pww.org archives] America has a great revolutionary tradition, and Marxism (historical materialism) is the best way to understand that tradition, appreciate it and make it live. In the 18th century, American colonists rebelled against...

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  • Drivers have grievances with UPS

    Drivers have grievances with UPS

    July 4, 2002

    OAKLAND, Calif. – Interviews by the People’s Weekly World with two UPS drivers at the company’s Oakland terminal brought out an accumulation of grievances that lie behind the union’s fight to get a new contract. Jerome...

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  • Machinist union, Boeing begin talks

    Machinist union, Boeing begin talks

    July 4, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Facing company threats to move more jobs and production overseas, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) opened talks with Boeing on June 25 in Kansas City. The union represents 25,000-26,000 Boeing workers. The present contract expires...

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  • Israel denies entry to U.S. interfaith delegation

    Israel denies entry to U.S. interfaith delegation

    July 4, 2002

    The Israeli government refused entrance to a group of 19 Americans of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths, July 2. The Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation (IPBD), organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and the Muslim Public Affairs...

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