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Obama’s education ‘reform’ defense falls flat
Obama got one thing right in his Aug. 5 address to the National Urban League at its centennial celebration: "The…
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Anti-union hitwoman Michelle Rhee fires 241 D.C. school teachers
Michelle Rhee, chancellor of Washington, D.C., schools, recently fired 241 teachers just prior to the beginning of the school year.…
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Militant immigrant rights actions protest racist SB 1070
The following is a compilation of reports sent in by activist-correspondents to PSLweb.org. A separate article on the actions in…
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Israeli incursion into Lebanon results in five fatalities, homes destroyed
Fighting broke out along the Lebanon-Israel border near the town of Adaisseh, Lebanon, on Aug. 3. The incident began after…
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Link found between U.S. military aid and extrajudicial killings in Colombia
A recently published report by the Fellowship of Reconciliation found a link between U.S. military aid and the extrajudicial execution…
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Calif. Proposition 8 overturned
California's Proposition 8 was overturned in U.S. Federal Court Aug. 4 as unconstitutional. Proposition 8 is the voter referendum that…
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Páginas Empresarias en la Web: ‘Marx estaba en lo correcto’
Aunque en verdad no salieron diciendo semejante cosa, un artículo publicado en numerosos sitios Web de empresas en la última…
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Community and labor organizations win concessions from Chevron
Massive oil corporation Chevron was recently forced to withdraw its longstanding attempt to evade taxes and bankrupt the city of…
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Global temperatures reach record highs
World temperatures for the first half of 2010 reached all-time highs as a result of global warming, a consequence of…
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Students, community fight re-segregation in North Carolina
On July 20, community members packed a school board meeting and the streets of Raleigh, N.C., to voice their opposition…
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Lolita Lebron: ‘I am a Revolutionary’
Lolita Lebron, Puerto Rican nationalist leader and revered icon of independence, died on August 1 at age 90. She suffered…
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Victory over Prop 8: The struggle for equality continues
Carlos Alvarez, candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, is running for governor of California on the Peace and…
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New revelations further expose Don Blankenship and Massey Energy criminality
Capitalism is a system of greed, lies, violence and criminal disregard for workers' safety, human needs and the environment. This…
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Activists take to the streets in Phoenix against racist law SB 1070
On July 28, the day before SB 1070 took effect, the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End…
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Los Angeles and Long Beach Hyatt hotels are targets of worker protests
Over 700 hotel workers, community activists, clergy, and supporters held a picket and rally July 22 that took the street…
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Sharp rise of disease, birth defects and infant mortality in Falluja
A recent survey from Fallujah, Iraq, reports a steady rise in leukemia and other cancers as well as infant mortality.…
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Iranian government speaks out against new EU sanctions
The government of Iran spoke out against sanctions approved by the European Union on July 27. The Foreign Affairs Ministry…
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Gerardo Hernández needs your help!
The following appeal was issued by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five July 30. Within the last few…
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Hundreds block sidewalks in front of Chicago’s Hyatt hotel
On July 22, hundreds of supporters, including members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, blocked the sidewalks in front…
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Activists carry out ‘tent city land takeover’ in Washington, D.C.
On July 10, over 200 people--neighborhood residents and members of community organizations such as ONE DC (Organizing Neighborhood Equity), Take…
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