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Occupational hazards kill thousands of US workers every year |
by Tim Tower
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23 Aug 2002
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According to the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, an average of 16.2 workers were killed on the job every day during 2000 (the most recent year for which figures are available), bringing the total killed on the job that year to 5,915. In construction, where the most deaths occurred, 3.2 men and women died every day, raising the total in that industry to 1,154 deaths for the year. |
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A Time for Nuclear Rituals |
by Ira Chernus
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09 Aug 2002
Modified: 23 Aug 2002 |
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Meanwhile, the people we pay with our tax dollars to provide real national security are busy inventing the next generation of nuclear weapons. Now they have the world's fastest computers to test them in cyberspace. Yet they refuse to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, because they know that some day they will want to test them in that huge underground space in Nevada. And soon they plan to put nuclear weapons in outer space. |
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FBI violated the law, mislead judges, and got caught! |
by Philip Shenon (NY Times via Sascha)
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23 Aug 2002
Modified: 02:11:31 PM |
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The FBI has been routinely violating the law -- over 75 cases have now been identified by the government's own oversight court. These cases point to new efforts by the U.S. government to circumvent 4th Ammendment protections. |
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Congress Is At Its Annual Stealth Pay Raise Maneuver Once Again |
by Ralph Nader
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23 Aug 2002
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Since 1989, members of Congress have granted themselves a total of $60,500 in raises. This is much more than keeping up with inflation, in addition to their very generous pensions, health and life insurance, housing deduction and assorted perks. The federal minimum wage, by contrast, is lagging severely behind inflation. Had Congress kept the minimum wage at the same purchasing power as it was in 1968, it now would be $7.50 per hour. |
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AFSCME Takes 16,500 Signatures to Support Paris Work Camp to Springfield |
by AFSCME
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23 Aug 2002
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Members of AFSCME Local 2052 from the Ed Jenision Work Camp in Paris will travel to Springfield Monday August 26, 2002 to deliver over 16,500 signatures on petitions to the Governor protesting the closure of the Paris facility. |
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/23/02 ˇListen Globally! |
by Dan Roberts
outfarpress (nospam) saber.net (unverified) |
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22 Aug 2002
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A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.4MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast upon notification. China, Germany, Cuba, and Netherlands |
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'Wag the Puppy' -- New Twist in Media War |
by Norman Solomon
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22 Aug 2002
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The insight into how the local fishwrap, the News-Gazette, is slanting its coverage to support a war is just one facet of a much broader manipulation of public opinion to support a war with Iraq. Norman Solomon points out that this phenomenom also has as its goal distracting the public from important domestic issues that the pResident would rather not have people thinking about when they go to the polls in November. |
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