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...world's top exporters. Union delegations representing everyone from teachers to teamsters are flocking in from 25 states and 143 nations. Dockworkers plan to shut down the port. Even the Wobblies are roused. The Puget Sound chapter of Industrial Workers of the World is orchestrating a student walkout. "In the early '80s, we gave up wages and benefits to be more globally competitive," says David Reid, 42, who nonetheless lost his job as a crane driver at Kaiser Aluminum. He has taken a course in civil disobedience to prepare for the protest. "It clicked," he says...
...convicted cop killer. Rage Against the Machine and the Beastie Boys, popular musical artists and, no doubt, sophisticated observers of our criminal justice system, were the headline performers. Also last week, on this campus, posters began appearing in support of the very same murderer, touting an upcoming "Worldwide Student Walkout" on his behalf. The posters, sporting a grinning photo of the condemned, describe him as an "African American Political Prisoner." They encourage public protests and, of course, donations to his legal defense fund...
...think a walkout at Harvard would beinsulting for Harvard given its strong support ofaffirmative action," he said. "Our efforts arebetter channeled through letters from concernedHarvard students to California and Congress...
...President is returning to the talks today suggests that the White House believes that some agreement is imminent," says TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer. Late Wednesday, Netanyahu packed his bags and threatened to go home, but then allowed himself to be persuaded to stay. "Netanyahu's threatened walkout was so obviously feigned that it had to be primarily for domestic consumption," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "It's not like he was given any new concessions to persuade him to stay -- he just wants to be able to tell right-wing Israelis that he got the best...
...Striking GM workers could be back on the job as early as today if they vote to ratify the agreement ending their walkout, which has cost the company an estimated $2 billion...