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Houston area deputies laugh as handcuffed man falls on face
In 2013 we saw unprecedented police brutality--a Texas case is a reminder of the level of violence cops have been…
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Cubans celebrate 55 years since overthrow of Batista
On Jan. 1, mass celebrations took place throughout Cuba to mark 55 years since the hated dictator Fulgencio Batista was…
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College football union drive: schools get rich, athletes get injured
With support from the United Steelworkers, college football players at Northwestern University announced plans Jan. 28 to organize a union.
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New dimension of CIA aggression in Colombia exposed
Recent revelations about the CIA’s role in Colombia show that bombing another sovereign country to assassinate a political leader is…
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Bogota mayor removed from office
Largely ignored by the U.S. press, what was in essence another right-wing coup was launched against a progressive elected official…
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‘Knockout game’ media hype masks systemic racism
Viciously racist media stories, in which African-Americans are portrayed as aggressors against whites, can't hide that Black people are being…
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‘The U.S. says it wants to help us but maintains an unjust blockade’
After the the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students, the young Cuban Elián González Brotons was interviewed by Ecuadorian…
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Social programs get cut, but Federal Reserve committed to safety net for big banks
Contrary to ruling-class ideologues’ claim that capitalism is rooted in “free markets” and personal risk-taking, their system in fact could…
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1.3 million workers lose unemployment benefits so Congress can leave for vacation
The phenomenon of unemployment is a profound crisis for each jobless individual but an opportunity for capitalists to have unemployed…
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Police violence against people with disabilities-on the rise?
Reports show that as many as 50 percent of those shot by cops are have mental illnesses. The current system…
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Marriage equality expands to Utah and New Mexico
Reaping the harvest of decades of struggle for equal rights 18 states now recognize the right of same-sex couples to…
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Majority of people in former Soviet states regret loss of USSR
Shattered after generations of U.S. aggression, the breakup of the Soviet Union proved to be disastrous for millions.
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Korean conspiracy trial
It made worldwide news when Lee Seok-ki, representative in the South Korean National Assembly, was arrested on charges of treason.
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Climate change and the need for a revolutionary party
iI all climate change-producing pollution stopped tomorrow, global temperatures would continue to rise, albeit more slowly.
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Pink ribbons and racism
Black women with a breast cancer diagnosis will die three years sooner than their white women with the same disease.
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Academics back boycott of Israel
The growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement fighting against Israeli oppression of Palestinians claimed a major victory December 16.
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New Book – Divide and Ruin: The West’s Imperial Strategy in an Age of Crisis
Divide and Ruin: The West’s Imperial Strategy in an Age of Crisis is a collection of articles by British author…
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US drone attack kills 17 people in Yemen
n the months since Pres. Obama announced new rules for drone strikes, drone attacks abroad have actually ecome more deadly,…
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Cops arrest anti-police brutality protesters in Santa Rosa
The Sonoma County Sheriff's office says that Erich Gelhaus did no wrong when he killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez. But youth…
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Elian Gonzalez speaks out against U.S. role in mother’s death
The genocidal blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States government since 1960 has caused the needless and prolonged suffering…
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