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NPR interviews Carlos Alvarez, PSL Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles
On Feb. 2, KPCC radio host Pat Morrison interviewed Carlos Alvarez, PSL candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles. In the…
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Los Angeles Times: Villaraigosa kicks off reelection campaign, shuns debate
By Phil Willon and Martha Groves February 8, 2009 An Eastside street corner was alive with mariachis, folklórico dancers and…
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Indian man set ablaze in anti-immigrant assault in Italy
Public outrage has broken out in Italy after an Indian immigrant was beaten, doused in gasoline and set on fire…
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Thousands of L.A. teachers march to stop budget cuts
On Jan. 29, Los Angeles teachers took to the streets to protest draconian state budget cuts on education and attacks…
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San Francisco teachers protest budget cuts
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in front of San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday, Feb 3, to protest the budget cuts…
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PSL candidate for L.A. mayor: ‘Stop the attacks on union teachers!’
On Jan. 29, Carlos Alvarez, PSL candidate for Los Angeles mayor, marched in solidarity with the United Teachers Los Angeles…
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Chicago teachers, unions, families fight assault on education
On Jan. 28, members of Chicago ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) joined more than 1,000 union…
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Greek farmers continue struggle against government’s policies
On Feb. 2, about 1,000 Greek farmers and their supporters were prepared to drive tractors and agricultural vehicles through Athens…
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California government shows its true colors amid budget crisis
California, like much of the country, is in the midst of a deep economic crisis. The unemployment rate climbed to…
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Economic crisis blamed for grisly murder-suicide
An entire Los Angeles family is dead following an apparent murder-suicide committed by Ervin Lupoe, husband and father of five.…
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South Africa faces growing political turmoil amidst deepening inequality
In South Africa, 2009 has begun much like 2008 ended: with intense political turmoil on top of dire social conditions.…
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Army suicide rates highest ever recorded
According to statistics released by the U.S. Army, branch personnel committed suicide at a rate of 20.2 per 100,000 in…
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Mass layoffs steal workers’ livelihoods to bolster profits
In the last week of January, the number of people collecting unemployment hit a record high of 4.78 million. That…
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More than two million protest anti-worker policies in France
On Jan. 29, over two million people took to the streets of France to protest the anti-worker policies of the…
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School segregation at highest level in decades
The legal segregation of U.S. public schools was supposedly halted in 1954 by the landmark Brown v. Board of Education…
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Nepal’s Prachanda bans dowries, caste discrimination
On Jan. 25, Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda gave a national speech addressing the need to combat inequalities and injustices that…
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A hero’s welcome
Thanks to an urgent campaign launched by his supporters, Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was recently transferred back to…
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Liberation Volume 3, Issue 3
Volume 3, No. 3: A Foreign Policy in the Service of Imperialism On the cover Jan. 20 marked the inauguration…
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Bolivian masses victorious in battle for new constitution
Bolivian voters have approved a new national constitution drafted under the direction of the government of President Evo Morales. The…
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Why We’re Marching on the Pentagon
We are organizing a Mass March on the Pentagon on Saturday, March 21, and it is important that you and…
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