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General Petraeus puts on his Nixon mask
In fall 1968, Richard Nixon narrowly won the presidency, claiming he had a "peace plan" to end the increasingly unpopular…
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Los puentes rotos del capitalismo
El 1? de agosto, el puente de una autopista congestionada interestatal en Miniápolis, Minnesota, se desplomó lanzando muchos vehículos al…
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Government violence fails to deter Oaxaca resistance
People in the Mexican state of Oaxaca continue to struggle for justice in the face of brutal, state-sponsored terrorism. In…
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Leonard Weinglass: still fighting to free the Cuban Five
This interview with Leonard Weinglass, appeals attorney for Antonio Guerrero, was conducted on Aug. 1 by Gloria La Riva, coordinator…
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Capitalism’s broken bridges
On Aug. 1, a heavily traveled interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minn., crumbled, sending rush hour traffic plunging into the Mississippi…
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Behind Pakistan’s internal turmoil
On Aug. 8, the government of Pakistan’s military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, announced that it was considering imposing a state…
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Bloodshed during Guatemala’s election campaign
Carlos de Leon Bravo, a local candidate in San Marcos from Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú’s liberal party, has…
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Chávez helps Argentina during energy shortage
Venezuela has signed a number of energy deals with Argentina, also indicating its willingness to purchase as much as $1…
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AFL-CIO provides uncritical forum for Democratic posturing
On Aug. 7, candidates contending for the Democratic Party presidential nomination faced the questions of the country’s largest labor federation,…
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Gentrification plagues New Orleans’ poor after Katrina
Before Hurricane Katrina, 26-year-old Cindy Cole paid $275 a month for a two-bedroom house in the Lower Ninth Ward of…
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U.N. ‘peacekeepers’ dispatched to help imperialists conquer Sudan
Following a recent U.N. Security Council decision approving a 26,000-strong occupation force to Sudan, the government of the oil-rich country…
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Native American women victims of sexual violence, government complicity
The history of the United States is drenched with the blood of Native Americans. Native blood continues to be spilled…
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Kidnapped workers build U.S. Embassy in Iraq
The U.S. occupiers are building a $592 billion embassy in Iraq. It is a symbol of U.S. colonial domination over…
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Fat cats run Chicago’s Resurrection Hospital
The executives at Chicago’s Resurrection Hospital steal money owed to workers to overpay themselves. Council 31 of the American Federation…
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Misdiagnosis costs veterans benefits
The Army is wantonly denying Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans their right to healthcare benefits, claiming they have a disorder…
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Liberation: Volume 1, Issue 5
Volume 1, Issue 5: All workers deserve pensions! U.S. News Hands off Black and Latino youth! Drug giant Pfizer sued…
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Pine Ridge Reservation will not get health clinic
The article is a special report to PSLweb.org from South Dakota. The Pine Ridge Native American Reservation in South Dakota…
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Ohio lawmakers seek abortion ban
The reactionary effort to undermine women’s rights continues in the Ohio state House of Representatives. In late July, a bill…
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Court sanctions insurance robbery of Katrina victims
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana residents suffered as the government, at all levels, failed to respond. Today,…
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Utah mine collapse traps workers
On Aug.6, a mine at Crandall Canyon in central Utah collapsed, trapping six miners. Rescue teams are working 24 hours…
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