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Palestinian freed from U.S. detention
A U.S. District Court judge ordered the U.S. government to free Majed Talat Hajbeh, a Jordanian-born Palestinian, on May 25.…
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NYPD cop kills unarmed man
Off-duty New York cop Raphael Lora killed an unarmed man on May 18. Lora fatally shot Fermin Arzu, a Honduran…
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Congress approves first minimum wage hike in nine years
On May 25, the U.S. Congress approved an increase in the federal minimum wage, from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour…
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California to spend more on prisons than schools
Over the next five years, California's spending on prisons will increase nine percent annually. Education funding will increase five percent.…
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Challenging the Supreme Court’s anti-choice ruling
Before the Supreme Court passed the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in 1973, thousands of working-class women suffered injury…
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FARC-EP spokesperson Palmera to be retried by U.S. imperialists
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) has been engaged in struggle against the Colombian capitalist state and their…
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Incoming French president Sarkozy threatens workers, immigrants
Nicolas Sarkozy, the current interior minister of France, has been elected the country’s next president. In a second-round runoff, Sarkozy…
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Rejecting capitalist attacks on bilingual education
In a March 31 speech to the National Federation of Republican Women, former U.S. speaker of the House Newt Gingrich…
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Workers’ strikes sweep through Egypt
The following article appeared Feb. 27 on pslweb.org. A wave of strikes and workers’ demonstrations, involving thousands of workers, has…
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Workers’ strikes sweep through Egypt
A wave of strikes and workers’ demonstrations, involving thousands of workers, has swept Egypt. Over the last few weeks, over…
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