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Cuba declared ‘best place to be a mother’
Being a mother brings joy as well as challenges. The international charity Save the Children has released its Eleventh Annual…
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BP’s oil spill is latest crime in a criminal history
On April 20, an oil rig operated by BP exploded, killing 11 workers. In the immediate aftermath of the explosion,…
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New attacks on women’s right to choose in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
Decades have passed since the height of the women's liberation movement and the 1973 landmark Supreme Court case Roe v.…
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Join the Seize BP Campaign!
We are writing to urge you to join a new nationwide campaign: Seize BP ( www.SeizeBP.org ). We must act…
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North Korea expands medical care to provinces
On April 27, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea formally launched a medical videoconference network to provide provincial hospitals with…
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Gulf of Mexico catastrophe: a ‘capitalist-made’ disaster
Speaking of the 200,000 gallons of oil (or more) gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, destroying the U.S. coast line…
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Court date set for Troy Davis, an innocent man on Death Row
After 19 years on death row, two scheduled executions, innumerable court hearings, rallies and teach-ins, Troy Davis will finally get…
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May 4 Kent State shooting remembered
It has been 40 years since the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a group of unarmed Kent State students,…
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Students protest anti-LGBT violence at CSULB campus
On April 29, activists and students from Students Fight Back, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and California State University…
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Hundreds of thousands march for immigrant rights on May Day
On May 1, International Workers Day, hundreds of thousands of people marched in the United States for immigrant rights. Many…
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Bolivia conference proposes real solutions to climate change
From April 19 to 22, over 15,000 people from 130 countries attended the first World People's Conference on Climate Change…
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Taking the solution seriously: socialism
(Photo: Vanissa Chan) The following statement was distributed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation at the April 29 Showdown…
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Socialist Candidate for CA Governor Demands Equality!
Legalization Now! Stop Racist SB1070! The Carlos Alvarez for Governor Campaign demands full rights for all immigrants--legalization now! Alvarez is…
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Show’s depiction of Muslim prophet not ‘humorous’
The provocative depiction of the Islamic prophet Mohamed in a bear suit in the animated satirical show, South Park, has…
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Teachers, workers march to defend public education in California
The writer is a member of the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers local 1794/AFT/AFL-CIO. On April 21, thousands of marchers descended…
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Students with disabilities more often expelled
If you are a student with a disability in Texas, you are much more likely to be expelled from school…
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Sudanese ‘Cubans’ lead reconstruction in the South
"I would like it, when I have time, to thank them not for me but what they did for the…
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Police charged in beating only after video is released
On March 3, 19-year-old University of Maryland student John James McKenna was arrested for assaulting a police officer, following an…
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Thousands of counter-protesters resist Nazis and LAPD allies
On April 17, nearly 2,000 counter-demonstrators overwhelmed a few dozen racists protected by a full mobilization of the City of…
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There are no borders in the workers’ struggle!
The following is adapted from a speech given at the April 23 public meeting of the SF-Bay Area branch of…
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