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Public outcry reverses denial of life-saving treatment for young mother
Leukemia patient Diana Smith of Miami was to receive a bone-marrow transplant on April 13 paid for by her Universal…
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Congress votes to end debate on bill to ease pain of unemployment
The U.S. capitalists have seen a silver lining in this dark cloud they named the Great Recession from the very…
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Rally protesting emergency law repressed in Cairo
On April 6, Egyptian security forces blocked the streets of downtown Cairo in an attempt to prevent pro-reform and pro-democracy…
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West Virginia mining disaster exposes criminality of coal boss
The recent mining disaster April 5 in West Virginia, which claimed the lives of 29 miners, was the result of…
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One drop in a sea of blood
The statement below was authored by Michael Prysner, an Iraq war veteran and co-founder of March Forward!, an affiliate of…
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Genetic ancestry testing based on junk science
Millions of Americans have been watching Henry Louis Gates' new PBS show Faces of America . On the show, Gates…
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Vote April 13: Stevie Merino for Mayor of Long Beach!
* * * Please forward widely * * * Tomorrow, April 13, Long Beach has a chance to break out…
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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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