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	<title>USW Blog &#187; European Union</title>
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		<title>Democracy Is on the Retreat in Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A global supra-government — unelected, unaccountable and unconcerned with the general welfare — has emerged. It has nothing to do with the United Nations; it doesn’t fly around in black helicopters. Gulfstream jets are more like it. And whatever 2011 may be, it’s not a good year for democracy.]]></description>
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		<title>To Counter Currency Manipulation: Rally Some Allies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China’s aggression in September after Japan seized a Chinese fisherman near the East China Sea islands claimed by both countries confirmed China as a burly international tyrant. The caution for countries attempting to negotiate with China is to avoid Japan’s mistake, which was single-handedly contesting the giant. For America, that means seeking an end to China's currency manipulation by simultaneously pursuing every option the United States has, including  formally naming China a currency manipulator, imposing tariffs on imports from countries that undervalue currency and creating a community of allies to campaign together to combat the illegal trade practice.]]></description>
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		<title>Get a Grip: Austerity Does Not Produce Prosperity</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/05/25/get-a-grip-austerity-does-not-produce-prosperity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[from Robert Kuttner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Kuttner Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect Austerity has suddenly become the universally prescribed cure for the fallout from the financial collapse. If widely adopted, it will prove worse than the disease. The price of the rescues of Greece, Spain and Portugal will be brutal deflation. The International Monetary Fund, which supposedly learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No evidence found that Colombia suddenly FTA-worthy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/11/no-evidence-found-that-colombia-suddenly-fta-worthy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/11/no-evidence-found-that-colombia-suddenly-fta-worthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Fred Redmond USW Vice President Human Affairs Four hours into the New Year, a political activist who was also a well-known trade unionist was celebrating at a party in the town of Montoso when a political opponent stabbed him numerous times in the chest. As Adolfo Tique lay dead, his six children fatherless, [...]]]></description>
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