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These cuts wont heal
June 6, 2003The Medical-Industrial complex targets Medicare and Medicaid(see related story below) The Medical-Industrial complex has set its sights not only on reaping massive profits from the medical insurance, durable equipment, bio-med technology (the ooh ah bells and...
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Little Maine: the dragon slayer
June 6, 2003When two British publications – The Economist magazine and The Financial Times – pay tribute, of sorts, to the actions of a single state in the USA, you can be sure that history has been made.
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Urgent campaign to save San Pedro River
June 6, 2003Tucson, Ariz. – The continued existence of the Southwest’s ecologically vital San Pedro River is under severe threat, environmental activists say, because of a rider to the FY 2004 Defense Authorization Act. The proposed new clause,...
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Black telephone workers fight for MLK holiday
June 6, 2003NEWARK, N.J. – Black telephone workers at Verizon are continuing their fight to force the company to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a paid holiday. Although Dr. King’s birthday was won as a federal...
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International notes
June 6, 2003Peru: Protests vs. state of emergency Labor unions, agricultural producers’ associations, students and people’s organizations continued their vigorous protests this week against the nationwide 30-day state of emergency proclaimed by Peru’s government on May 27. Several...
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