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Video: Labor Leader: “Wall St. Has Hijacked the Economy!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJaTpgZHyeE

Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasure of the AFL-CIO, was one of the featured speakers at
the “International Workers Day Celebration” event, held on May 1, 2008, at the National
Labor College, in Silver Spring, MD. He ripped into the evils of Globalization and the
harmful effects that it is having on the economy and in particular on the lives of
working class Americans. Mr. Trumka also charged: “Wall St. has hijacked the economy!” He
is the former President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).


Ms. Gabriela Bulisova on the Iraqi Refugee Crisis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPcBYBvKAU


On April 30. 2008, a photo exhibit highlighting the desperate seriousness of the Iraqi
Refugee Crisis was held on Capitol Hill. Ms. Gabriela Bulisova photographed the refugees
at sites she recently visited in both Iraq and Syria. She was also one of the speakers at
the event, which was sponsored by Refugees International, among other groups, and was
held in room 2220 of the House Rayburn Building. For background on the Iraqi Refugee
Crisis, a massive humanitarian disaster involving an estimated 4 million people, please
go to: http://www.refugeesinternational.org, and check out its report, "Uprooted and
Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq;" and also read the report, "Five
Years Later, A Hidden Crisis," which can be found at:
http://www.theirc.org/special-report/iraqi-refugee-crisis... Co-hosting the event with
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), were Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).


William Hughes
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=liamh2