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In three key states, labor takes stock
After a hard-fought battle, Minnesota voters gave their state to John Kerry, but they also reshaped the balance of power in the state Capitol by trouncing a score of Republican...
We have our work cut out for us
Editorial This is a deeply divided country. Out of some 114 million votes, George W. Bush garnered just over 3 million more than John Kerry. Bush will claim a mandate...
No mandate for Bush agenda
WASHINGTON Bruised but unbowed by labors failure to oust George W. Bush in the Nov. 2 election, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told a news conference here that the movement will...
The Most Important Battle of Our Lives
Report to International Conference of Communist & Workers Parties, given on behalf of the CPUSA in Athens, Greece, 8 - 10, October, 2004. 'As we meet here in Athens, the...
The Republican campaign to suppress the Black vote
The Republican Party and the right wing are waging a well-financed campaign to weaken and destroy the impact of the African American vote. This campaign is in direct violation of...