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Cal State University hikes fees, students fight back
The writer is a student organizer at California State University Long Beach. Hundreds of students and allies protested on the…
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Politicians’ California budget solution: Make the workers pay
On July 20, the governor of California and five legislative representatives from the Democratic and Republican Parties announced a tentative…
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Capitalist criminal: GE CEO Jeff Immelt
One of the most favored propaganda tools of the capitalist class is harping on their supposed loyalty to bourgeois political…
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Obama administration escalates attacks on immigrants
Last week, President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security announced that it was expanding the anti-immigrant 287(g) program—special enforcement arrangements between…
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Los Angeles unions fight school privatization effort
The writer is a public school teacher and member of UTLA. On July 14, the Los Angeles Board of Education…
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Illinois budget axes $3 billion in vital services, lays off thousands
On July 15, the Illinois state government passed a $26 billion budget that includes $2.1 billion in cuts to social…
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July death toll the highest for U.S. in Afghanistan
At least 31 U.S. troops have died this month in Afghanistan, two more than the toll for June 2008, which…
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Goldman Sachs announces $11.4 billion in exec bonuses
Last month the Guardian newspaper reported that Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment banks and securities firms, intended…
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Behind the Urumqui riots in China
Since July 5, the Western corporate media has showcased the "Urumqui riots" and fashioned wealthy businesswoman Rebiyah Kadheer as the…
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Community on Chicago’s south side fights parking meter expansion
For over a month, the Centro Communitario Juan Diego on Chicago’s south side has staged militant neighborhood actions and a…
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Frances Villar for Mayor Campaign Newsletter (July 22)
Dear PSL friend, To date, the PSL's Frances Villar for Mayor Campaign has collected over 14,000 petitions to submit to…
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Obama denies any U.S. blame for imperialist aggression in Africa
President Obama’s recent trip to Ghana, his first trip to Africa as president, drew a considerable amount of attention. As…
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Stop Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget cuts!
The following is based on a presentation at a meeting of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in San Francisco,…
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Mayor puts Chicago workers on hook for 2016 Olympics
On June 17, at an International Olympic Committee meeting in Switzerland, Mayor Richard Daley committed the city of Chicago to…
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Vietnam war criminal Robert McNamara dies at 93
On the morning of July 6, Vietnam War criminal Robert McNamara died at the age of 93. McNamara was a…
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Breaking the siege of Gaza
Award-winning filmmaker and ANSWER Coalition representative Travis Wilkerson reports on the Viva Palestina delegation’s journey to challenge the Israeli blockade…
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Protests demanding social services erupt in Dominican Republic
Workers organized a general strike on July 14 in the northeast corner of the Dominican Republic to force the government…
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Immigrant farm-workers tortured by Greek landlords
A monstrous crime was committed on June 18 in the Greek town of Nea Manolada. Two immigrant farm workers from…
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South African World Cup construction workers win strike
On July 15, 70,000 construction workers in South Africa building the 2010 World Cup soccer stadiums won an important strike…
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Government policy shuts out port workers
According to a report by the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group for workers, as many as 23,000 port…
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