Mainstream Media Pick-Up Story of May Day Antiwar Dock Strike
REUTERS: “… no activity … up and down the West Coast” By Jill Serjeant and Bernard Woodall / 2:55PDT LOS…
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West Coast Ports Shut Down
The 8-to-5 action affects 29 facilities from Seattle to San Diego. By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer /…
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Tom Hayden Replies: The Left Has Not Lost Its Nerve
Editor’s note: recently we reposted Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges’ essay that leftists such as Tom Hayden had lost their nerve….
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Mainstream Media Refuse to Pursue Pentagon Propaganda Scandal
by Arianna Huffington The last ten days have been among the most shameful in the history of American journalism. On…
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Today – May Day: Longshoremen To Strike Entire West Coast As Antiwar Protest
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Click on the image to see a larger version Dockworkers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have decided to…
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Striking Longshore Union Has History of Political Protest
By Peter Cole- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 29, 2008 On Thursday, May Day, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union will declare…
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Bay Area Longshore Union Workers to March & Rally Today – May Day
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Hundreds of Bay Area dockworkers plan to march this morning after their stop-work meeting. The union members…
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Iraqi Dock Workers Strike In Solidarity With US West Coast May Day Strike
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BREAKING NEWS: Members of the Port Workers Union of Iraq plan to shutdown the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor…
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West Coast Dock-Workers Shut Down 29 Ports
“There is no one here, the streets are dead,” says Oakland, CA trucker OAKLAND, CA. An initial ABC KGO NEWS…
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A Litany of Horrors – America’s University of Imperialism
Book Review of Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire by Alex Abella By…
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U.S. Weighing Readiness for Military Action Against Iran
By Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post Staff Writer / Saturday, April 26, 2008 The nation’s top military officer said…
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The Great Peace Movement Debate
Since late 2007, the OB Rag has sponsored a seasoned and reasoned debate about the current state and future direction…
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