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Airlines rob immigrant workers of wages, overtime pay
On July 17, undocumented immigrant workers from the Chicago area filed a lawsuit in Cook County for back payment of…
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Medicine is Cuba’s number two export
In 2007, medicine came second only to nickel in the list of Cuba’s top exports. This is the third year…
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IMF loans linked to tuberculosis in former socialist republics
A report recently published in PLoS Medicine reveals an undeniable correlation between receipt of financial assistance from the International Monetary…
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San Francisco immigrant rights supporters confront racist Minutemen
On less then a day’s notice, over 300 supporters of immigrant rights in the Bay Area came out on July…
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Americans cutting back on health care
A recent poll conducted in Ohio and Florida shows that one in four people polled are having trouble paying their…
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Government agencies set on dismantling environmental protections
Recent developments offer further confirmation that government agencies cannot be depended on to protect workers or the environment from toxins…
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Auditors strong-armed into favoring military contractors
A report released July 23 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) charges that auditors at the Defense Contract Audit Agency…
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Profiteering makes U.S. health care worst among industrialized countries
In a recent report released by the Commonwealth Fund, researchers determined that the U.S. health care system remains the worst…
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Iraq: ‘Progress’ for whom?
We have been hearing repeatedly that the so-called surge in Iraq is over—now that 23,000 troops have left Iraq and…
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Pentagon fires employee for not hiding horrors of war
Gina Gray, Public Affairs Director at Arlington National Cemetery, was fired after raising questions about the military’s refusal to allow…
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Remembering activist Yoomi Jeong
Yoomi Jeong, one of the members of the ANSWER Coalition national steering committee, has died after a two-year battle with…
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La Riva/Puyear PSL Presidential Campaign achieves ballot status in Florida and Washington!
The La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign is proud to announce that we have achieved ballot status in Florida and Washington!…
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Thousands march for jobs, clean air in Port of Oakland
More than 2,000 environmental, community and labor advocates marched on July 22 with independent truckers to call for clean air…
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Longest Walk 2 arrives in Washington, D.C.
Participants in the Longest Walk 2 held ceremonies in Washington, D.C., as they reached the end of a cross-country walk…
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Ecuadorian government seizes businesses of corrupt bankers
On July 8, the Ecuadoran government took over 200 businesses, including several major television stations, on the grounds of corruption.…
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Moncada: from military defeat to political victory
First published in Socialism and Liberation magazine, July 2004. Some historians—particularly opponents of the Cuban Revolution—treat the July 26, 1953,…
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Afghan resistance forces U.S. troops to abandon post
U.S. military officials announced on July 16 that they abandoned an outpost near the town of Wanat in Afghanistan, near…
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UC workers strike in defiance of court’s intimidation tactics
A Los Angeles rally on July 19 brought a five-day labor strike initiated by American Federation of State, County and…
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French government targets Muslim woman for practicing religion
France’s Council of State has denied citizenship to Faiza Silmi solely on the basis of her religion. She wears a…
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Selling the war
The author is an Iraq war veteran and the Party for Socialism and Liberation's congressional candidate in Florida's 22nd District.…
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