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Italian workers strike over job cuts and poor working conditions
In Italy, teachers and transport workers staged a nationwide strike Oct. 17 to protest the proposed reforms of Italian Prime…
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Florida teachers challenge budget cuts
Florida’s public education system is facing further anguish as a result of continuing budget cuts. Florida has traditionally depended on…
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Thousands march in Bolivia to demand new constitution
On Oct. 20, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales joined tens of thousands of miners, farmers and peasants on the final stretch…
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis protest against extension of occupation
Tens of thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Oct. 18 in militant opposition to a proposed pact…
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Appeals court grants temporary stay in Troy Davis case
In a sudden turn of events, the federal appeals court in Atlanta stayed the execution of Troy Davis on Oct.…
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PSL members promote socialist message in Connecticut
PSL members in Connecticut are carrying out exciting outreach as part of the La Riva/Puryear Presidential/Vice-Presidential campaign. In addition to…
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Washington fuels conflict by pumping weapons into Taiwan
Washington announced Oct. 4 a plan to sell $6.5 billion of advanced weapons to Taiwan. The arms deal has been…
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Boston teachers face layoffs
In March 2008, the media reported that Boston Public School officials had to try to fix a $33.2 million gap…
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Transgendered workers face pay discrimination
A recent study of transgendered workers by the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy raises disturbing questions. The study…
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Indigenous Colombians undeterred by state repression
On Oct. 12, the National Organization of Indigenous Colombians (ONIC) coordinated various blockades throughout the country, demanding their right to…
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Environmental activists charged for civil disobedience
Eleven environmental activists may face jail time after blockading the site of a proposed $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant in…
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California’s Prop. 8 a showdown between pro-LGBT forces, bigots
With every progressive victory comes a right-wing attempt to roll it back. This November, bigots hope to eviscerate hard-won same-sex…
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Congressional candidate, anti-war vet Michael Prysner takes on workers’ issues
Michael Prysner, the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s candidate for Florida’s 22nd congressional district, is the only anti-imperialist Iraq war…
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D.C. activists fight for Troy Davis’s life
"All you have to do is remember two numbers, nine and seven; nine for the number of witnesses who originally…
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La Riva/Puryear campaign takes to the streets outside McCain-Obama debate
PSL's La Riva/Puryear Campaign Takes to the Streets Outside McCain-Obama Debate As John McCain and Barack Obama held their final…
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Mexican town helps immigrants escape police
Residents living in Rafael Lara Grajales, a town in central Mexico, recently came to the aid of 34 Central American…
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Tent cities spring up across country as homelessness soars
As the economic crisis worsens and bailouts go to the wealthy bankers on Wall Street, working-class suffering grows. For months,…
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New impeachment charges filed against president of Philippines
Several social justice and opposition groups filed impeachment charges on Oct. 13 against Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president of the Philippines.…
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Cuba to implement rationing to weather food crisis
Hurricanes Ike and Gustav wiped out 30 percent of Cuba’s food crops in recent months. For Cuba—an island of just…
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D.C. public school chancellor wages war against teachers
Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty and his hand-picked chancellor of public schools, Michelle Rhee, have all but declared war on…
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