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World Notes: Puerto Rico, Colombia, Gaza, Italy, Kenya, Nepal
May 15, 2009Puerto Rico: Workers nix layoffs, privatization On International Workers Day, May 1, public sector unions organized under the Broad Front of Solidarity and Struggle launched demonstrations in San Juan. The police put the crowd at 30,000....
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A measure of the Cuban Revolution
May 15, 2009This speech was the closing remarks made by Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada at an international conference on 'The Measure of a Revolution: Cuba, 1959-2009' held May 7-9, 2009, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Alarcón is president of...
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VIDEO Artists for Workers Choice
May 15, 2009Some of your favorite film and TV actors and actresses explain why the Employee Free Choice Act is important for workers and America.
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Congress gears up for reform of crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity
May 15, 2009Original source: Congress is closer than ever to eliminating a 100-to-1 disparity in federal cocaine sentencing that affects African Americans at much higher rates than whites. In current federal drug sentencing law, someone who sells crack...
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Cheney, Rove attack Employee Free Choice. Thanks!
May 15, 2009Workers who want to pass the Employee Free Choice Act don’t just have a broad coalition of allies in support of them—they’re also very, very lucky in their enemies. Opposing the legislation has become a cottage...
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