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Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is indicted
On April 8, prosecutors indicted the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in a federal court in El Paso, Texas. This indictment…
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Sri Lankan military offensive kills thousands
On April 12, the Sri Lankan military declared a two-day temporary ceasefire in its military campaign against the Tamil population.…
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Obama seeks increase in war spending, again
Responding to the request of Pentagon generals, the Obama administration has asked Congress for $83 billion in supplemental war funding.…
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AT&T goes after workers health care, organizing rights
Members of the Communication Workers of America union are currently engaged in an important contract struggle with AT&T, the country’s…
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Israel bombs Sudan
Recent revelations and events in Sudan continue to expose the ongoing campaign, by imperialist governments and "civil society," to demonize…
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G-20 summit: emergency rescue operation or PR exercise?
The strongly protested, imperialist-dominated, G-20 summit held in London April 2 included two main elements: an attempt to contain the…
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‘The police took my son’s father away from us’
On April 12, 2008, Kenny Lazo, 24, was beaten to death while in police custody in Bay Shore (Suffolk County,…
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U.S. ambassador threatens more sanctions against Zimbabwe
United States and British attacks on Zimbabwe’s independence are escalating. On April 9, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe, James McGee,…
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Liberation Volume 3, Issue 10
Volume 3, No. 10: Billionaires, Your Time is Up. We Need Socialism! U.S. News D.C.-area residents stand up against mass…
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Liberation Volume 3, Issue 8
Volume 3, No. 8: What Are Our Tax Dollars Paying For? U.S. News White House attacks teachers' unions Class robbery…
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Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush has sentence reduced
Iraq’s federal appeals court has announced that the sentence of Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at…
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Rally of 100,000 in North Korea salutes successful satellite missile launch
On April 8, 100,000 people gathered in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to participate in a rally…
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News from Bolivia
Fresh news about Bolivia was arriving this morning, Thursday April 9, on the Bolivian television channel, reflecting tension in the…
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Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage
On April 6, the Vermont legislature voted 100-49 to override Governor Jim Douglas’s veto of a bill that granted LGBT…
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N.Y. MTA fare hikes: an illegal tax on the working class
As the global economic crisis continues to worsen, budget cuts are hitting everywhere, from social services to education. Despite the…
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Chicago officer who shot Aaron Harrison in back is exonerated
On Mar. 25, Chicago’s “Independent Police Review Authority” officially exonerated the police officer who shot Aaron Harrison in the back…
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Iowa legalizes same-sex marriage
In a unanimous decision, the Iowa Supreme Court voted April 3 to legalize same-sex marriage. On the same day, thousands…
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Official unemployment rate hits 8.5 percent
According to the Labor Department, the U.S. unemployment rate climbed from 8.1 percent to 8.5 percent in March. There are…
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Democratic White House’s education plan an anti-union attack
President Barack Obama announced in March his administration's plan for the failing U.S. system of public education. Underneath a thin…
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Justice First, D.C.-area residents fight energy shutoffs
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, which includes parts of Virginia and Maryland, are at…
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