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Roofing workers strike over right to unionize, safety
On June 11, workers at the Stock Roofing Company went on strike. The workers also filed a complaint with the…
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Capitalist health care bankrupts workers
A Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School and Ohio University study, published in the American Journal of Medicine, has found…
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Fred Smith: capitalist criminal
Hollywood movies are littered with "rags-to-riches" success stories in which poor and disadvantaged individuals fight all possible odds on their…
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U.S. high court denies justice to the Cuban 5
The following declaration was released by the Cuban Presidency of the National Assembly of People's Power in response to the…
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Supreme Court refuses Cuban Five political prisoners’ appeal
On Mon. June 15, the Supreme Court refused to review the convictions of the Cuban Five political prisoners, unjustly imprisoned…
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PSL response to ISO on China and Tiananmen
In an article in the ISO’s newspaper, Socialist Worker, dated June 4, 2009, and titled "Twenty Years after Tiananmen Square,"…
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MBTA raises rates, cuts services on the backs of workers
On June 4, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced initial steps to increase fares and drastically reduce service system-wide. Months…
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In the spirit of Stonewall, marriage equality movement surges
The narrow victory last November of the reactionary Proposition 8, which denies the right of same-sex couples in California to…
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Dept. of Justice takes action to protect bigoted Defense of Marriage Act
On Fri. June 12, the U.S. Justice Department filed a brief in Federal Court asking for a dismissal of a…
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Indian students fight back against racist attacks in Australia
Thousands of Indian students have staged militant protests in the streets of Australian cities for weeks to fight back against…
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Attacks on occupation troops in Afghanistan surge
According to NATO’s own figures, the use of roadside bombs as a tactic of resistance against NATO forces in Afghanistan…
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Free the San Francisco Eight!
On June 8, hundreds of supporters of the San Francisco Eight took to the street in front of the San…
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Obama’s Cairo speech
On June 4, President Obama gave a much-publicized speech at the Al-Azhar Islamic University in Cairo, Egypt, to an audience…
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Boston school resegregation vote delayed
Local parents, teachers, students and community organizers won a victory for the students of Boston June 3 when the superintendent…
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Millions of care giving workers in dire financial straits
A new survey by Evercare and the National Alliance for Caregiving indicates that approximately 17 percent of 44 million U.S.…
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D.C. Council recognizes same-sex marriages from other states
The debate and struggle over same-sex marriage has now come to Washington, D.C., in a major way. On May 5,…
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Threat of HIV/AIDS cuts spark protest in Southern California
Many hundreds of people gathered at Hollywood’s Forever Cemetery June 5 to protest over $80 million worth of proposed funding…
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Supreme Court denies challenge to bigoted “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Citing "the government's legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion," the U.S. Supreme Court refused on June 8 to hear…
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Senate votes to block release of torture photographs
On May 21, the Senate unanimously passed—with the full support of the Obama administration—the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of…
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Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) presentation at International Communist Seminar
Delivered by Monica Ruiz on behalf of the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s National Committee at the International Communist Seminar…
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