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Obama offers real hope, Netanyahu’s ‘government of yesterday’ offers nothing
June 5, 2009Uri Avnery, former member of Israel's Knesset (Parliament), is a founder of Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc. As an Israeli patriot I must say, without the shadow of a doubt, that at this moment the...
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The rumor of card-check death is greatly exaggerated
June 5, 2009Mark Twain’s famous quote is what Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) paraphrased to thousands of progressive activists at the America’s Future Now conference this week regarding the Employee Free Choice Act.
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White House: Employee Free Choice a Priority
June 5, 2009In yesterday’s White House press briefing, a reporter raised the question of whether President Barack Obama and the administration continued to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
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One in five children sinking into poverty
June 5, 2009WASHINGTON, Jun 3 (IPS) - U.S. children’s quality of life is expected to decline through 2010 due to the impacts of the financial crisis, said a new report by the Foundation for Child Development (FDC), released...
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Russia, US to talk nukes
June 5, 2009Moscow, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) Russia and the United States will hold their third round of talks in the second half of June in Geneva after two long meetings aimed at achieving a new deal on...
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