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IVAW and other veterans groups mobilize for March 20 March on Washington
** Please circulate this message widely by email and through social networking sites. ** Iraq war veterans carrying flags with…
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San Francisco ANSWER holds benefit for Haiti
ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) San Francisco held a well-attended benefit for Haiti Feb. 7.…
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Behind the conviction of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui
One of the vile byproducts of the "global war on terror," now in its ninth year, has been the "commodification"…
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‘Comfort women’ redress movement in S. Korea marks 18th anniversary
During World War II, approximately 200,000 "comfort women," acting as gifts from the Japanese emperor, were coerced into being sex…
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U.S. arms sales to Taiwan are an act of aggression against China
The New York Times headline "U.S. Arms for Taiwan Send Beijing a Message" correctly captured the intent of the recently…
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Immigration prosecutions rose to new high in 2009
Federal immigration prosecutions rose to record levels in 2009. Most of the cases brought in federal courts involve non-violent immigrants…
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Study shows working families choose between shelter, medical care and food
According to a February 2010 study by Feeding America, the largest hunger relief organization in the country, one in eight…
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Right-wing politicians in Congress move to overturn gay-marriage bill
Right-wing politicians are moving to block a recent District of Columbia Council bill that would give legal recognition to same-sex…
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Israeli ultra-rightist protested in Pittsburgh
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, more than 50 community members and activists converged outside the Hillel Jewish University Center in Pittsburgh…
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Forty union members killed in Colombia in 2009
Forty union members were killed in Colombia during 2009. Colombia has become one of the most dangerous countries for union…
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Iran threatened with heightened sanctions
The United States and European Union have stepped up their accusations that Iran is enriching uranium for nuclear weapons, even…
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Harry Haywood’s contributions to the National Question and the fight for class unity
Harry Haywood was a long time member and leader of the Communist Party-USA and other communist organizations from the 1920's…
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Fighting continues to rage in Somalia
According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, 258 non-combatants died in Somalia in January, the bloodiest month since August…
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Vieques residents fight to halt harmful U.S. weapons testing
Residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico, have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government seeking justice and restitution for severe illness…
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Venezuelan government writes off Haiti’s debt
During the closing ceremony of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) in late January, President Hugo Chávez announced that…
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Cuba still flying the flag in Haiti
This article appeared on Digital Granma Internacional on Feb. 2. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti.--Twenty days after the earthquake that mercilessly shook this…
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We won’t sit by …
The PSL is a member organization of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), which released…
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A war against working-class communities
The city of Lima, Ohio, recently announced that it will pay a $2.5 million settlement for the slaying of Tarika…
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Arctic permafrost leaking methane at record levels
A recent study published in the journal Science reports a massive spike in the amount of methane seeping from Arctic…
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This country is not a ‘cash-strapped family’
If an earthquake had struck the United States, causing the loss of 7 million jobs, it would never occur to…
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