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Seattle: 19th International Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a response to the racist Christopher Columbus holiday.
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Roma communities under attack:
For centuries, all over Europe, Roma communities have been among the most brutally oppressed.
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Columbus Day: U.S. capitalism built on slavery, genocide
The second Monday of October is Columbus Day, a federal holiday in the U.S. It marks the anniversary of Christopher…
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Perder la perspectiva sobre el cierre del gobierno
Los demócratas ya han acordado hacer permanente el 100% de los setenta mil millones de dólares en recortes para el…
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Remembering Gen. Giap
Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap who helped defeat Japan, then France, then the United States in a 35-year war for…
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Recently passed federal law on loans is bad deal for students
While providing some immediate relief relative to where things stood in August, the new law will in fact accelerate the…
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The battle to save City College of San Francisco
There have been mass marches, sit-ins, and popular referendums in support of the school. But so far, city, state and…
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Missing the big picture on the issue of the government shutdown
The "compromise" to end the shut down is likely to initiate a fast-track bipartisan assault on Social Security and Medicare.
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Racist textbooks ‘white out’ U.S. history
Textbooks changes aim to limit discussion of slavery, and invent “positive aspects” of it, while renaming the slave trade the…
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High education, low pay
Why is it that the educational level of the U.S. working class has skyrocketed but wages have stagnated?
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End the US occupation of Afghanistan
"Operation Enduring Freedom" has certainly endured, but it has brought not freedom but occupation and misery to the Afghan people.
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Herman Wallace, revolutionary fighter, dies after 3 days of freedom
Wallace died at the age of 71 from complications of liver cancer. According to his legal counsel, among his last…
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Affordable Care Act leaves 8 million poor people without health care
After being galvanized to come out and vote for Obama, the most oppressed communities in the country—poor and working people…
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Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Expo
Thousands came together to honor the rich history of Haudenosaunee and the significance of lacrosse for the Six Nations: Seneca,…
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Stop the WIC shutdown! Nationwide emergency funding now!
Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD) is circulating a petition that demands the federal government provide funding for WIC…
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Albuquerque protest demands “Stop police brutality!”
ANSWER New Mexico organized an emergency demonstration to protest the outrageous acquittal of Albuquerque police officer Connor Rice, who was…
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What the gov’t shutdown teaches us about the Afghanistan war
For veterans and service members, the government shut down means the closing down of many essential services.
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What does the government shutdown mean?
Mired in a level of political dysfunction not seen for decades, divine intervention looked like the ruling class’s best shot…
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After 42 years, political prisoner Herman Wallace released from prison
The case of Herman Wallace not only exemplifies the worst of the racist court system in Louisiana, but also serves…
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Government shut down, 800,000 Federal workers laid off – Why?
The official shutdown of the U.S. government underscores the fully reactionary character of the capitalist-controlled political process in this country.…
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