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  • LETTERS: Dec. 15

    LETTERS: Dec. 15

    December 14, 2007

    Hold on to your wallets Hold on to your wallets folks, here comes Chicago’s mayor, hand outstretched asking for a little. A little what? Why money of course! And to whom is his hand outstretched? You...

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  • EDITORIAL: Stop new reality show!

    EDITORIAL: Stop new reality show!

    December 14, 2007

    The Republican presidential candidates are now vying with each other to see who can bash immigrants the hardest. Those who in the past have appeared more pro-immigrant are now jumping on the bashing bandwagon. In 1994,...

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  • EDITORIAL: American coup anniversary

    EDITORIAL: American coup anniversary

    December 14, 2007

    The following is excerpted from a People’s Weekly World editorial on the Dec. 12, 2000, Supreme Court decision re: Bush v. Gore, which started on page one of that edition. As we head into the 2008...

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  • Using OSHA to win victories: the case of Cintas

    Using OSHA to win victories: the case of Cintas

    December 14, 2007

    There is a tendency among U.S. trade union leaders, shop stewards and rank-and-file activists to strongly distrust federal and state agencies charged with protecting workers’ health and safety — and therefore not to utilize them. While...

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  • Report: Step up fight vs. AIDS among Latinos

    Report: Step up fight vs. AIDS among Latinos

    December 14, 2007

    CHICAGO — Last October the Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness, a coalition of health-related groups here, released a report titled “A Call To Action: Regarding HIV/AIDS Among Illinois’ Latino Communities” that investigated the community’s current...

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