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Defend democracy: Stop the coup in Ecuador

Sept. 30, 2010 8:31 p.m.

Defend democracy: Stop the coup in Ecuador

Democracy in Ecuador is under attack from a coup trying to depose a progressive government and its president who was legitimately elected four years ago.

The assault against President Rafael Correa's government is an attack against the democratic will of the 14 million citizens of Ecuador.

Stop the Coup.

Freedom in Ecuador must not be silenced.

What you can do: 

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From merger to civil war: Measuring the cost of union infighting

In 2004, the clothing and textile union UNITE, merged with the hotel and gaming union, HERE. What began as the merger between two of North America’s most progressive and activist-oriented unions has disintegrated into a destructive civil war. 

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