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Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county

July 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.

Celebration marks 32nd anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution

July 20, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Thirty-two years ago, a Marxist-led national liberation movement forever changed the history and political dynamics of Nicaragua.

Unionists tell NLRB of election delays, management intimidation

July 19, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists joined a parade of witnesses in the first of two days of NLRB hearings on its proposed rules to streamline union elections. Most of the witnesses were lawyers, including from several notorious union-busting firms.

Charlie Chaplin film fest evokes lessons for today

July 19, 2011 By Victor Grossman

Eighty years after his visit to Berlin, Charlie Chaplin's 80 films continue to make audiences laugh and think.

Campaign presses oil tax to save California public schools

July 18, 2011 By Luis Rivas

A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.