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Students in Chile mobilize to win education reforms
On Aug. 22 and Aug. 25, thousands of Chilean high school students and their supporters took to the streets to…
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Strike targets giant retailer in South Africa
The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union went on strike Aug. 10 against Shoprite Holdings. Shoprite is the…
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First public same-sex marriage in Nepal
A wave of political change has swept over Nepal in the past few months. In April 2006, King Gyanendra—who sacked…
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Detroit teachers strike to fend-off wage and benefit cuts
Refusing to submit to massive pay and benefit cuts, public school teachers in Detroit voted overwhelmingly to strike on Sunday,…
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!Viva Fidel! Long live Fidel!
The recent news of the illness of Cuban President Fidel Castro, has unleashed a ghoulish glee in Miami, and also…
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Los Angeles city employees’ strike defies mayor, city brass
On Aug. 15, the Los Angeles city council imposed a new labor contract on the Engineers and Architects Association, a…
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San Francisco hotel workers authorize strike
The hotel workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike against 13 San Francisco…
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Lebanon oil spill rivals Exxon-Valdez
The unrelenting U.S.-backed Israeli war on Lebanon killed more than 1,000 Lebanese people and displaced close to one million. The…
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Protests grow against Coca-Cola and Pepsi in India
In the last few years, India has been held up as a glowing example of globalization’s "benefits," including so-called free…
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Chicago activist Elvira Arellano resists deportation order
On Tuesday Aug. 15, Elvira Arellano, an immigrant and president of the immigrant rights organization La Familia Latina Unida in…
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Imperialists threaten Iran with war, sanctions over nuclear energy
On Aug. 22, Iran officially responded to the package that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana delivered in June. Days…
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Capitalism, racism and Hurricane Katrina one year later
One year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf coast, New Orleans still lies in ruins with rebuilding efforts moving at…
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War resister Ehren Watada gains support
More than 100 anti-war activists and other supporters of U.S. Army first lieutenant Ehren K. Watada, who faces court martial…
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Racist evictions in France target immigrants
On Thurs., Aug.17, dozens of French police sealed of access to a former university residential building in Chachan, a Paris…
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More than 500 confront Minutemen racists in Maywood
On Saturday, Aug. 26, more than 500 people came out in Maywood—a small, mostly immigrant city in greater Los Angels—to…
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Vigil to commemorate police murder victim Deandre Brunston
On Thursday, Aug. 24, organizers with the Party for Socialism and Liberation participated in a vigil to commemorate the third…
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PSL message to the Socialist Front of Puerto Rico on the death of Jorge Farinacci
To the members of the Socialist Front of Puerto Rico: On behalf of the National Committee of the Party for…
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Cuba graduates 3,907 doctors from all over the world
Over 3,907 national and international physicians were graduated in simultaneous acts throughout the country, with a main ceremony at the…
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Commemorating the life of Federico García Lorca
August 19, 2006, marked the 70th anniversary of the assassination of Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca. A voice…
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