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Wolfowitz ouster reflects bigger problems
May 25, 2007The scandal that led to the forced resignation of Iraq war guru Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank “is just the tip of the iceberg,” Nadia Martinez, who co-directs the Institute for Policy Studies’...
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Conference aims to grow civil rights/labor alliance
May 25, 2007The Communist Party’s African American Equality Commission will hold a conference in St. Louis on June 8-10. Jarvis Tyner, CPUSA executive vice chair, told the World that the conference is aimed at bringing party members and...
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Labor, immigrant rights groups: No two-tier society
May 25, 2007The Senate-White House compromise bill on immigration reform was no sooner submitted than it ran into a storm of opposition. Thee measure was sharply criticized by key components of the immigrant rights movement. Numerous labor, Latino,...
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San Antonio hosts immigration meet
May 18, 2007SAN ANTONIO — Fourteen national leaders of U.S. unions and civic organizations and a member of the Mexican Congress participated in the First International Forum on Immigration here, May 5. It was convened by Jaime Martinez,...
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Reality TV producers need a reality check
May 18, 2007Union busting is not new. Corporations with enough money and inclination have employed many dirty tactics to break a union organizing campaign. However, the tactics being waged against television writers fighting for benefits and membership in...
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