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  • French elections: Opposition grows to right wing

    French elections: Opposition grows to right wing

    April 11, 2008

    Commentary PARIS — For all those opposing the destructive policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy and his extreme right government, the main result of the mid-March local elections in France is the growing voter confidence in the...

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  • Zimbabwe awaits final election outcome

    Zimbabwe awaits final election outcome

    April 11, 2008 By Dennis Laumann

    After waiting more than a week for official results of the March 29 presidential elections, Zimbabweans still do not know whether Robert Mugabe, the only leader most have ever known, will step aside or face his...

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  • Penn. labor calls for election unity

    Penn. labor calls for election unity

    April 11, 2008 By Ben Sears

    PHILADELPHIA — Unity was the watchword at last week’s Pennsylvania state AFL-CIO biennial convention, as the 721 delegates cheered calls for a united effort to put a Democrat in the White House and to defeat John...

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  • Week of action unites students, workers

    Week of action unites students, workers

    April 11, 2008

    Imagine a world where everyone who chooses to can go to college. Picture a world where workers on school campuses and in communities have a voice about their working conditions and where the fruits and vegetables...

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  • Im in a world of hurt

    Im in a world of hurt

    April 11, 2008

    Shawn Boone did not die instantly five years ago at the Hayes Lemmerz plant in Huntington, Ind. He was lying on the floor, his body smoldering, as the aluminum dust burned through his flesh and then...

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