John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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Tale of two cities: Toronto and Detroit
June 25, 2010DETROIT - Twenty thousand people attending the second U.S. Social Forum here this week have staged a peaceful takeover of a city in crisis.
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We can win jobs if we fight for them, autoworkers tell U.S. Social Forum
June 24, 2010DETROIT - United Auto Workers President Bob King brought a message to the U.S. Social Forum here: "The UAW will speak up for and lead the fight for all workers, regardless of whether they are in...
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20,000 march in Detroit as Social Forum opens
June 23, 2010DETROIT - Opening the U.S. Social Forum here, 20,000 from around the nation, a multi-ethnic rainbow of young and old, marched Tuesday calling for jobs and social justice.
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Freedom Caravan arrives in Detroit
June 22, 2010A 1,000-strong People's Freedom Caravan arrived today in time to participate in the opening of the U.S. Social Forum, a gathering of thousands of progressive and left social and political activists.
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Sorry, Mr. Hayward, Joe Barton stole limelight from your dismal performance
June 18, 2010The firestorm over Barton's defense of BP drew attention away from the dismal performance by BP's CEO Tony Hayward at the Congressional hearing yesterday.
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BP coughs up $20 billion, steelworkers slam “corporate greed”
June 16, 2010BP agreed today to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to pay damage claims resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Congress Hotel strikers join forces for immigration reform
June 15, 2010The Congress Hotel workers enter their seventh year on strike -- the longest in American history.
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Pressure mounts on BP to pay claims and curb gusher
June 14, 2010President Obama is back in the Gulf of Mexico for a two-day tour followed by a national prime-time TV address Tuesday, June 15, on the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history.
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