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Postmaster general proposes huge cuts in postal services
Postmaster General John Potter recently sent a proposal to Congress for permission to end Saturday mail delivery. He claims that…
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March on Washington reflected new upsurge in the immigrant rights movement
Without question, the March 21 immigrant rights march on Washington, D.C., represented a new upsurge in the movement. The estimates…
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Earthquake puts border cities in media spotlight
The author grew up in Calexico, California. Mark Twain once stated, "God created war so that Americans would learn geography."…
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Discurso pronunciado por Raúl Castro Ruz en la clausura del IX Congreso de la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas
Compañeras y compañeros delegados e invitados: Hemos tenido un buen Congreso, que realmente se inició en octubre del pasado año…
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Maoist-led guerrillas strike blow at Indian government offensive
Some 76 paramilitary troops carrying out a government offensive against tribal peoples in the mineral-rich state of Chhattisgarh in eastern…
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Massive effort succeeds in rescuing trapped miners in China
Despite great hardship and a scenario that lacked much optimism, rescue workers saved 115 Chinese miners stranded in a flooded…
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Congress blows deadline for reparations to Black farmers
Black farmers have systematically been denied federal funding for decades because of racism. After one of the largest civil rights…
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New Jersey students fight back against school cuts
On April 1, students across New Jersey continued to protest Governor Chris Christie's proposed education cuts. The proposed cuts include…
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Raul Castro’s keynote address to the Union of Young Communists
The following speech by Cuban President Raúl Castro was given at the closing session of the 9th congress of the…
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Help for homeowners or damage control for the rich
According to the big-business media, the latest proposal from the federal government to spend $50 billion to help people who…
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Palestinian Land Day: Struggle for self-determination continues
The following is adapted from a talk presented at a meeting of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in San…
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Bank of America taken to task in St. Louis
In the fall of 2008, Bank of America received $25 billion of bailout money through the Troubled Asset Relief Program,…
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Argentine dockworkers win concessions
On Mar. 31, Argentine dockworkers ended a 10-day strike after winning concessions from Cargill Inc. and Bunge Ltd. As a…
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Israel attacks Gaza City
Israel launched a missile attack against Gaza City in the early morning of April 2. The attack, conducted by aircraft…
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Behind the Obama-Karzai clash
Envision this: A foreign leader, say from Afghanistan, lands at Washington's Dulles airport late at night, is whisked into a…
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More families depend on school lunch program
Since the inception of reduced-price or free school lunch programs, students from low-income families have depended on and utilized them.…
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What is at stake in upcoming Sudan elections?
As of the writing of this article, the ruling party of semi-autonomous South Sudan, the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Front, has…
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Georgia district announces mass firing at high school
Yet another high school has handed its entire staff pink slips--this time in Savannah, Ga. Savannah is over 800 miles…
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Scandal in Philadelphia charter schools
This week a federal judge subpoenaed the financial records of the privately controlled Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School in…
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Las mentiras del Imperialismo no tienen límite
El siguiente fue traducido por Juanita L ó pez en Cuba. El 25 de marzo, la cantante Gloria Estefan lideró…
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