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Cuban 5: imprisoned for fighting terrorism
Originally posted in COUNTERPUNCH Weekend Edition September 12-14, 2014. The Cuban Five are Not Alone Can you be imprisoned for…
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Reflections on the killing of an innocent teen, Rashawn Williams
On late Tuesday night, Sept. 2, the Mission District community in San Francisco began to disseminate the unthinkable news that…
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No governmental action despite warnings of nuclear meltdown
Within days of the record 6.0 earthquake that shook northern California last month, the Associated Press released the findings of…
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10 more workers killed in Turkey by capitalist thirst for profit
On September 6th, 10 workers were killed in a construction site in Istanbul, Turkey when the elevator carrying them plunged…
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Defend pro-Palestine speech!
Supporters of Palestinian rights have for many years faced repression on college campuses. This is not surprising—while the United States…
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Afghan elections failing to produce stable client regime
Last week, the political crisis in Afghanistan intensified with presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s announcement that his supporters will boycott the…
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Iraq: White House may cause the wider war it says it doesn’t want
“I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq.” -President Obama on August…
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Bearding the Supreme Court
Last spring, the Supreme Court ruled in the Hobby Lobby case that corporations have the right to freedom of religious…
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Fidel Castro: Just ideas — or disaster — will triumph
The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, has written an article, which we reprint from GRANMA INTERNATIONAL.…
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Does the U.S. government have a strategy in Iraq and Syria?
On Aug. 29, referring to the U.S. approach toward the Islamic State, President Obama said: “We don’t have a strategy…
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