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August 29
Quote-apalooza
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The essence of trade unionism is social
uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the
despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.--A. Phillip Randolph
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Labor is prior to, and independent
of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed
if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves
much the higher consideration.--Abraham Lincoln
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The fight is never about grapes or
lettuce. It is always about people.--Cesar Chavez
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With all their faults, trade unions
have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever
existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for
the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than
any other association of men.--Clarence Darrow
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Only a fool would try to deprive working
men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.--Dwight
D. Eisenhower
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It is one of the characteristics of
a free and democratic nation that is have free and independent labor unions.--Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
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Join the union, girls, and together
say Equal Pay for Equal Work.--Susan B. Anthony
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The labor movement means just this:
It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of
incorporated wealth.--Wendell Phillips
News(my
favorite stories in pink)
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Hoax
cooked up by French leaves Bush's chef with egg on his face
By Philip
Delves Broughton in Paris
(Filed: 29/08/2003)
President
George W Bush's personal chef has been humiliated by a team of French practical
jokers who tempted him with a job offer to desert his employer and go to
work for President Jacques Chirac.
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US
Republican Party outsources fund raising to India
Whole world's gone batty - official
By Adamson Rust: Wednesday 27 August
2003, 08:49
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY is using call
centres in Gurgaon and Noida in India to raise funds for itself and for
its chieftain, George W. Bush.
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Airlines
raised exec pay after 9-11
Delta, Northwest, Continental cut
jobs at same time
By Mark Jaffe / Bloomberg News
NEW YORK -- Northwest Airlines
Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc. and Continental Airlines Inc. gave their CEOs
raises after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as they fired a total
of 33,000 workers, according to a study by two nonprofit groups.
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WTO
Executive Delays Deal on Cheap Drugs
Thu Aug 28, 7:52 PM ET
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade
Organization (news - web sites)'s executive body decided early Friday to
delay a decision on access to cheaper drugs for poor nations agreed earlier
by its top negotiating body.
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Army
foresees doubling up tours
By Dave Moniz, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON For the first
time since the all-volunteer Army began in 1973, significant numbers of
U.S. combat soldiers may have to start serving back-to-back overseas tours
of up to a year each in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and South Korea,
top Army officers say.
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2004
Deficit Could Near $500B
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2003
(CBS/AP) The federal government
is heading toward a record $480 billion deficit in 2004 and will rack up
red ink of almost $1.4 trillion over the next decade, according to the
latest analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.
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Analysts
to Predict Record $500B Deficit
Congressional Budget Analysts to
Predict Record $500 Billion Deficit From War, Security Costs
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Aug. 26
The federal government faces another
record deficit in 2004 possibly as high as $500 billion and will have a
tough time trying to carve out a surplus while the country is saddled with
the rising twin costs of war and homeland security.
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Halliburton
scores big off Iraq
Size, scope of work greater than
previously disclosed
By Michael Dobbs
THE WASHINGTON POST
Aug. 28 — Halliburton, the company
formerly headed by Vice President Cheney, has won contracts worth more
than $1.7 billion out of Operation Iraqi Freedom and stands to make hundreds
of millions more dollars under a no-bid contract awarded by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, according to newly available documents.
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Waiting
In The Food Line
Aug. 27, 2003
(CBS) With unemployment rising,
there has been a sudden leap in the number of people on emergency food
assistance.
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Bush
Plans to Cut Federal Pay Raises
By LEIGH STROPE
AP Labor Writer
WASHINGTON (AP)--Citing a national
emergency that has existed since the 2001 terrorist attacks, President
Bush said Wednesday he will cut the pay raises that most civilian federal
employees were to receive in January.
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A
tally of US taxpayers' tab for Iraq
By David R. Francis
The costs of the Iraq war are escalating
for the United States.
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Cheney
Stifled Energy Probe, GAO Investigators Say
Mon Aug 25, 9:15 PM ET
By Peter Kaplan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional
investigators said on Monday that Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web
sites) had stymied their investigation into his energy task force by refusing
to turn over key documents.
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Ashcroft
Speech Interrupted by Protester
Thu Aug 21,
3:35 PM ET
DETROIT (Reuters)
- A room packed with police officers failed to shield Attorney General
John Ashcroft (news - web sites) on Thursday from a protester who accused
him of lying about the Sept. 11 attacks on America and Washington's declared
war on terror.
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Bush
Has Not Attended Even One Funeral Of A U.S. Soldier Killed In Iraq
Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2003
by symbolman
George W Bush to Barbara Walters,
ABC "20/20," 12/13/02
"There's only one person who is
responsible for making that decision , and that's me. And there's only
one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids
on the death of their loved ones. Others hug, but having committed the
troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug, and that's me, and
I know what it's like."
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What's
going on: Fox News seems to think it runs United States
The network might as well be on
Bush's payroll.
By GEORGE POAGUE
COLUMN
Welcome to the United States of
Rupert Murdoch.
At least that's how it seems. The
incredibly arrogant Fox News Channel now regards itself as the U.S. government
-- although its attitude is closer to the thought-police style of the old
Soviet Union -- with the power to silence anyone who criticizes it.
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Signs
Grow of Innocent People Being Executed, Judge Says
By ADAM LIPTAK
A Boston judge said that there
was mounting evidence that innocent people were being executed. But he
declined to rule that the death penalty was unconstitutional.
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Ashcroft's
Little Secret
As the top law enforcement officer
of the federal government, the Attorney General of the United States has
a moral duty to act with honesty and integrity, and to guard his reputation
as a law-abiding citizen. This means the Attorney General must -- at the
very minimum -- make sure the political committees connected to him follow
the nation's campaign finance rules. Respect for the law demands no less.
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The
Great Oil Gouge
Burning Up that Tax Rebate
By DAVID LINDORFF
Remember that $400 family credit
that you got from the IRS (assuming you weren't one of those 8 million
poor families that the Republicans and the president decided didn't deserve
a tax rebate)?
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Pentagon
Under Fire For Opposing Troops' Pay Raise
POSTED: 8:26 a.m. EDT August 15,
2003
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is under
fire over combat pay.
Presidential contenders and congressional
Democrats are criticizing the Pentagon for opposing legislation that would
extend an increase in combat pay for troops in Iraq and other war zones.
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Classified
Spending On the Rise
Report: Defense to Get $23.2 Billion
By Dan Morgan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
"Black," or classified, programs
requested in President Bush's 2004 defense budget are at the highest level
since 1988, according to a report prepared by the independent Center for
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Coalition
aims to couple jobs, clean environment
AUGUSTA - Saying good jobs don't
have to come at a cost to the environment,three Democratic congressmen
launched a new effort Monday to ally labor and environmental forces in
Washington. U.S. Reps. Michael Michaud and Tom Allen of Maine were joined
by Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon in announcing the new Blue/Green Coalition.
Also on hand were officials of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and
the Maine AFL-CIO.
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Israel
bans mosque visits
From correspondents in Jerusalem
August 29, 2003
ISRAELI police have banned all
Muslim men under the age of 45 from going to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque
compound on Friday, the Muslim weekly day of prayer, for fear of demonstrations,
a police statement said.
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Four
Myths, 30 Million Potential Votes
By Beth Shulman
Sunday, August 17, 2003
As the presidential campaigns seek
definition, one pivotal issue remains hidden from view. It is potentially
huge, especially for Democrats, because it involves their natural constituents,
and it addresses core issues of the economy, social justice and fairness.
The issue is low-wage work.
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The
Pentagon PR Machine At Work
Steven Rosenfeld is a commentary
editor and audio producer for TomPaine.com.
The Pentagon has renamed a small
but controversial office that, according to critics, prepared its own analyses
of Iraq-related intelligence for use by the Secretary of Defense and White
House to justify the war in Iraq. The office was at the center of accusations
the administration ignored more measured analyses of the threat posed by
Iraq produced by the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of State.
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Nader
calls on congressman to resign after fatal wreck
Crash under investigation
Thursday, August 28, 2003 Posted:
2:30 PM EDT (1830 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ralph
Nader and other consumer advocates called on South Dakota congressman William
Janklow to resign Thursday after Janklow was involved in a fatal wreck
near his hometown earlier this month.
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Number
of Parents Suffering Long-Term Unemployment Soars
WASHINGTON - August 27 - Long-term
unemployment among parents surged more than 50 percent in a 12-month period,
according to an analysis released today by the Children's Defense Fund.
One out of every 100 American parents was jobless and suffering long-term
unemployment (more than 26 weeks) in June 2003, the highest percentage
in years. The rapid rise indicates that the economy continues to worsen
for many families with children.
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Is
Bush getting apocalyptic advice?
With Ashley
Pearson MSNBC
Aug. 13 — Is the Bush administration turning to a televangelist doomsayer
for political predictions? Apocalyptic preacher Jack Van Impe is claiming
that he was contacted by Condoleezza Rice’s office and the White House
Office of Public Liaison for an “outline” of his take on world events.
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Guardian
Sought for Fetus of a Retarded Floridian
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
AYTONA BEACH,
Fla., Aug. 21 — Gov. Jeb Bush dispatched state lawyers to court here today
to argue that the fetus of a retarded rape victim is entitled to its own
guardian, a position that both sides of the abortion debate see as an effort
to weaken Roe v. Wade.
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In
Courtroom, Laughter at Fox and a Victory for Al Franken
By SUSAN
SAULNY
A federal
judge in Manhattan told Fox News yesterday that it had to learn how to
take a joke. Then he rejected the network's request for an injunction to
block the satirist Al Franken from using the words "fair and balanced"
on the cover of his book, "Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair
and Balanced Look at the Right."
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At
14, a Liberian War Veteran Dreams of Finding a Way Home
By TIM WEINER
AYNESVILLE,
Liberia, Aug. 23 — "The war came before the rains in 2000," Dukuly Togbah
remembered. "I was 10 years old."
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States
to Fight Relaxation of Power-Plant Pollution Standards
By DAVID
KOCIENIEWSKI
A day after
the Bush administration issued new rules that will relax pollution-control
regulations for thousands of power plants and factories, environmental
groups and state officials across the Northeast began preparing legal challenges
to the policy shift.
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Many
Sickle Cell Kids Don't Get Antibiotics
Researchers
Blame Prescription Restrictions For Trend
POSTED: 10:28
a.m. EDT August 27, 2003
CHICAGO --
A study says many children with sickle cell disease are not getting antibiotics
to prevent life-threatening infections.
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Scores
of Freed Mink Feed on Farm Animals
Fri Aug 29,11:16
AM ET
SULTAN, Wash.
- Days after 10,000 mink were released from a farm in southern Snohomish
County, hundreds of the animals not yet captured have converged on local
farms in search of food.
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