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  • As hog boss goes for the kill, workers unite for the fight

    As hog boss goes for the kill, workers unite for the fight

    August 24, 2007

    Smithfield Packing employs 5,500 workers who slaughter and package the meat of 32,000 hogs a day at its sprawling plant in Tar Heel, a tiny town 80 miles south of Raleigh, N.C. The facility has become...

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  • Heeding the call of Elvira Arellano

    Heeding the call of Elvira Arellano

    August 24, 2007

    News AnalysisLOS ANGELES — Elvira Arellano stepped completely out of the shadows last week, seeking to galvanize the immigrant rights movement into emergency action. At stake is the fate of the nation’s 12 million undocumented immigrant...

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  • Fury and grief in Utah mining town

    Fury and grief in Utah mining town

    August 24, 2007

    The same day that Jocka Jones laid to rest her brother, who was killed trying to rescue six trapped Utah miners, officials of the Crandall Canyon Mine said it would soon be back in business. Choking...

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  • On 2nd anniversary of Katrina Gulf Coast needs a New Deal

    On 2nd anniversary of Katrina Gulf Coast needs a New Deal

    August 24, 2007

    Eyewitness account NEW ORLEANS — Two years after his wife was swept away by Hurricane Katrina, Calvin Bernard still comes to sweep the slab and water the flowers where their house once stood in this city’s...

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  • Joint Party Statement on the August 20-21, 2007 Summit and the SPP

    Joint Party Statement on the August 20-21, 2007 Summit and the SPP

    August 21, 2007

    Communist Party of Canada Communist Party of the USA Partido de los Comunistas de México Partido Popular Socialista de México The August 20-21 Summit of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Presidents George W. Bush and Felipe...

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