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Police attack El Salvador protest against water privatization
On July 2, protesters rallied against plans to privatize El Salvador’s water supply. Riot police attacked the protest with tear…
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Venezuela’s ‘axis of unity’ counters U.S. imperialism
Capitalist oil giants Exxon Mobile Corp. and ConocoPhillips refused to sign new oil deals with Venezuela in late June, ignoring…
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Supreme Court rolls back Civil Rights-era gains
Thirty-two years ago, white racist mobs tried to prevent court ordered busing aimed at desegregating the schools in Louisville, Ky.…
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‘Sicko’ exposes the need for universal health care
All private health insurance companies must be abolished. Not reformed, reconstituted or regulated—abolished. We should have guaranteed universal health care…
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Illinois activists arrested for highway anti-war protest
On May 6, Chicago-area anti-war activists Jeff Zurawski and Sarah Hartfield rode their bikes to a pedestrian bridge on the…
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ANSWER Coalition: Sept. 15 – Turn up the heat in Washington, D.C.
We want to thank the thousands of people and many organizations that have responded to the ANSWER Coalition's (Act Now…
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ANSWER Coalition: Sept. 15 – Turn up the heat in Washington, D.C.
We want to thank the thousands of people and many organizations that have responded to the ANSWER Coalition's (Act Now…
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Torture school keeps funding, opposition gains support
On June 21, the U.S. House of Representatives again rejected a bill to reduce funding for the Army institution formerly…
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South Carolina denies food to prisoners
The South Carolina prison system follows an unjust policy of withholding food from prisoners as punishment for minor violations of…
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Capitalist fissures over Iraq war
Frustrated at their inability to defeat the Iraqi resistance and worried by a U.S. public that overwhelmingly opposes the war,…
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Rich get richer, poor left behind
According to the 11th annual World Wealth Report compiled by Merrill Lynch and the Cap Gemini Group, the rich are…
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U.S. Social Forum says ‘another U.S. is necessary’
More than 8,000 people from across the United States came together in Atlanta, Georgia, for the first-ever U.S. Social Forum…
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Immigrants die in U.S. detention centers
Since 2004, 62 people have died in U.S. immigration detention centers. Most deaths were caused by the denial of proper…
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A new CIA cover-up
The CIA is trying to improve its image. In late June, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency released to the public…
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Protest targets lenders with loan shark interest rates
ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) volunteers in Washington, D.C. joined demonstrators on June 29 to…
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Political killings continue in the Philippines
The U.S.-backed Philippine military has been waging a "dirty war" against leftists. Even the liberal, often pro-imperialist group Human Rights…
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Anti-racist activists protest Minutemen summit
The racist vigilante group "Minuteman America Defense" staged a so-called summit in the port city of Everett, Wash., on June…
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People of Oaxaca reoccupy zócalo
Thousands of workers, activists and members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) have reoccupied the city’s…
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The myth of U.S. ‘humanitarian’ intervention in Africa
People in the United States have been told that there is a "genocide" happening in the Darfur region of Sudan.…
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Four-day general strike paralyzes Nigeria
A four-day general strike in Nigeria ended on June 23, with the government conceding on most of the workers’ demands.…
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