New York
Workers shut down biggest East Coast port
October 1, 2010Longshore workers were proud of solidarity actions they took - which shut down the East Coast's biggest port - by refusing to cross the picket lines their brother and sister workers from Philadelphia set up
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Bolivian president rallies New Yorkers to protect nature
September 24, 2010The earth has its own rights, and we are responsible for protecting them, Bolivian President Evo Morales told a standing room-only crowd.
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Outside the box: workers’ centers give labor a boost
September 23, 2010Workers' centers, or non-traditional unions, have scored significant victories lately and offer important new ways of building the labor movement.
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Tea party trying to take New York with a baseball bat
September 22, 2010NEW YORK - All bets are off as "Crazy Carl" Paladino, an extreme right tea party candidate, won the Republican nomination for governor last week.
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NY primaries fuel hope for fall elections
September 20, 2010While media pundits have been predicting doom for progressives in the November elections, last week's primaries here showed a different trend.
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