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World labor today
July 19, 2010Last month's congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), in Vancouver, Canada was an eye-opener. Labor in every country to shift gears and rethink how to fight. But this congress gave a clear picture of...
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Organized unity in action needed, says labor leader
June 22, 2010"Organized, mobilized unity in action - that is what will save the ordinary American," Stewart Acuff, of the Utility Workers' Union of America, told a packed Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board meeting here June 18.
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Why BP’s U.S. operations should be nationalized – now
June 18, 2010Stopping the spill, and beginning recovery, is beyond the capacity of a private corporation.
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Unwinding the BP spin
June 14, 2010British Petroleum is now putting a special spin on the crisis caused by the explosion of its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico - and it's the most revolting spin yet.
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An idea whose time has come
June 10, 2010A new political and economic model, a new New Deal, is urgently needed, but the tycoons of finance are not about to yield their power - it will take a series of struggles.
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