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  • Republic workers file charges against employer

    Republic workers file charges against employer

    January 8, 2009

    CHICAGO – Workers who led a six-day sit-in at the northside Republic Windows and Doors factory here last month filed charges against their former employer saying Republic violated their collective bargaining rights under the national Labor...

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  • Unemployment systems crash as jobless numbers hit 26-year high

    Unemployment systems crash as jobless numbers hit 26-year high

    January 8, 2009

    Jobless benefit filing systems all over the country are crashing this week as an unprecedented wave of tens of thousands of newly unemployed Americans scrambles to survive. The states are saying that their web sites are...

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  • Why do they hate Cuba?

    Why do they hate Cuba?

    January 8, 2009

    The U.S. government assumes that regular rules don’t apply to Cuba. Take for example the arms shipments proceeding from Honduras to Florida. Neither the U.S. military nor a military contractor is involved. Instead, Sanco Global Arms...

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  • Censored 2009: Top 25 most censored stories

    Censored 2009: Top 25 most censored stories

    January 8, 2009 By Tim Pelzer

    According to a study undertaken by the British polling group Opinion Research Business, American military actions since 2003 have led to the death of one million Iraqi people, rivaling mass killings in Rwanda in 1994 and...

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  • Privatizers poked

    Privatizers poked

    January 7, 2009 By John Pappademos

    The advanced privatization schemes of the far right in Texas are unraveling, and the perpetrators are going down. Privatization of government-run services has been a principle feature for neo-conservative rule worldwide since they took over in...

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