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Immigrants strap themselves to wheels of deportation buses
October 14, 2013The peaceful blockade succeeded in halting the day's proceedings where detainees were to have been hauled before a judge and sentenced as a group.
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Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown
October 11, 2013Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.
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Workers hit with radioactive water as Fukushima disaster continues
October 11, 2013As fresh horrors in the global Fukushima disaster continue to unfold, nuclear plant workers are the latest victims.
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“Hasta Siempre, Comandante”: On the anniversary of the murder of Che
October 11, 2013On October 9, 1967, hirelings in the employ of Bolivian dictator Rene Barrientos, supported and instigated by the United States government via C.I.A. operative Felix Rodriguez, carried out the cold blooded murder of comandante Ernesto "Che"...
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Today in labor history: Miners’ National Association forms
October 11, 2013It sought to unite all miners as workers in a single industrial union, regardless of skill level or ethnicity.
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