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Another terrifying ICE raid, but this time, a different response
March 3, 2009BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- In a terrifying early morning raid Feb. 24 here 28 workers, believed to be undocumented, were arrested at Yamato Engine Specialists by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. But in a complete...
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Gaza aid conference opens in Egypt
March 3, 2009Original source: The Egyptian president opened an international donors' conference on Monday that aims to raise $3 billion (£2.1bn) for the decimated Gaza Strip. Hosni Mubarak told the gathering, which included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Palestinian...
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Protest now! Iraqi government attacks teacher trade union
March 3, 2009(Reposted from strongerunions.org) I’m in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) for a TUC workshop for Iraqi and Kurdish trade unionists, and Iraqi Teachers’ Union President Jasim al-Lami has reported an astounding attack on his union’s leadership by the...
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Arrests thrust right-to-die into spotlight, again
March 3, 2009BALTIMORE—Voters in Washington State last fall, and in Oregon eight years ago, approved by strong majorities ballot propositions legalizing physician assisted suicide for terminally ill patients suffering unbearable pain. Known as a movement for “death with...
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Authorities arrest the leader of agricultural workers union
March 3, 2009(reposted from US Labor Against the War) This disturbing news (see below) arrived today from the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI). Please contact the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, DC, and copy Hillary...
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