Category: Health

Internal Labor Union Fight Highlights Challenges for Labor’s Future

 Staff  May 22, 2008  0 Comments on Internal Labor Union Fight Highlights Challenges for Labor’s Future

The SEIU’s Andy Stern has an ambitious plan. Not everyone is on board. By Nelson Lichtenstein / May 22, 2008…

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 Posted in: Civil Rights, Health, Labor, Organizing

How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and ‘Dangerous Drugs’

 Staff  May 13, 2008  4 Comments on How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and ‘Dangerous Drugs’

The following is an excerpt from “Dying to Get High” by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (NYU Press, 2008)….

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 Posted in: Civil Rights, Health

Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies

 Frank Gormlie  May 9, 2008  10 Comments on Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies

EXXON just made record profits in the first quarter 2008 – $11 Billion, meanwhile we’re laying off teachers and can’t…

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 Posted in: Civil Rights, Education, Environment, Health

Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On SEIU-CNA Dispute

 Staff  April 16, 2008  0 Comments on Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On SEIU-CNA Dispute

On Developments in the SEIU-CNA Dispute April 15, 2008 For several weeks I have been working to bring the Service…

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 Posted in: Health, Organizing

The Next Failure of Health Care Reform

 Staff  March 17, 2008  0 Comments on The Next Failure of Health Care Reform

Yes, We Can! Can We? By VINCENT NAVARRO Published in CounterPunch, March 6, 2008 A major problem–if not the major…

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 Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Health

More Peace Rally Photos

 Patty Jones  March 16, 2008  0 Comments on More Peace Rally Photos

More great photos, these from our friend unk4jazz who we had the pleasure of meeting at the rally yesterday! We…

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 Posted in: Civil Rights, Health, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace  Tagged: ,

Nearly 1000 San Diegans Rally & March Against the Iraq War

 Frank Gormlie  March 15, 2008  11 Comments on Nearly 1000 San Diegans Rally & March Against the Iraq War

CITY HEIGHTS, SAN DIEGO, CA: Nearly a thousand San Diegans participated in a march and rally against the Iraq war…

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Health Care: Failure and Reform and the Candidates’ Proposals

 JEC  March 7, 2008  1 Comment on Health Care: Failure and Reform and the Candidates’ Proposals

By JEC We, the collective we, the national we, the “we”‘ we call America, we have the health care system…

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