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Metro Transit drivers protest loss of union jobs in Seattle area
"What’s disgusting? Union busting! What's outrageous? Sweatshop wages!" Chants rang out July 29 in front of the King County Metro…
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Government agencies set on dismantling environmental protections
Recent developments offer further confirmation that government agencies cannot be depended on to protect workers or the environment from toxins…
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G-8 summit all talk, no action on global warming crisis
The Group of Eight—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the United States, with limited membership for the European…
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Polluters profit as Arctic ice, permafrost melt
The latest scientific research indicates that there could be no ice at the North Pole this summer, while the Siberian…
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PSL petitions to get La Riva, Puryear on Washington state ballot
Members and friends of the Party for Socialism and Liberation conducted a series of open-air nominating conventions in Washington state…
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Climate bill defeated by filibuster in Senate
On June 6, the Warner-Lieberman-Boxer climate bill was defeated in the Senate by a Republican-led filibuster. In addition, President Bush…
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Autism hits poor the hardest
Imagine that your child is seriously ill. The doctor makes a diagnosis and says that if you provide intensive treatment…
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Climate change bill to reach Senate floor in June
The Lieberman-Warner climate change bill, known as America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191) will probably come to the…
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Washington veterans fight to make their voices heard
The North Olympic Vets for Peace and members of the civilian anti-war movement were warmly applauded at the Bremerton Armed…
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Indigenous peoples protest carbon trading at U.N. forum
Indigenous people representing 20 nations and organizations from South America held a protest at the May 2 conclusion of the…
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