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National fight back needed to defeat attacks on public education
In 2010, more than 150,000 teachers are expected to lose their jobs, according to school officials and union leaders. The…
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Los Angeles Unified School District slashes services for the disabled
This past school year was a tough one for Los Angeles Unified School District employees, and next year promises to…
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Border Patrol agents kill 15-year-old
On June 7, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca, a 15-year-old boy from Chihuahua State, Mexico, was killed by a U.S. Border…
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San Diego protests killing of immigrant worker by U.S. border agents
On June 3, community activists and family members held a candlelight vigil to denounce the killing of Anastacio Hernández-Rojas. Hernández-Rojas…
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Chicago rallies in solidarity with struggle against SB 1070
On May 29, 100,000 people marched against SB 1070 in Arizona, while 250 people came out in Chicago to oppose…
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Imperialist failure: The ‘New Middle East’
For background to the Israeli attacks on ships carrying aid to the blockaded people of Gaza, we publish Chapter 15…
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U.S. government covertly paid thousands of dollars to Miami journalists covering the detention and trial of the Cuban Five
A press conference held June 2 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., attended by a variety of national…
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Important victory in legal battle against racist hiring policies in Chicago, but fight goes on
African Americans won an important Supreme Court victory in late May. They have been continuously fighting the racist hiring policies…
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Rally against BP draws 1,000 ‘pissed-off New Orleanians’
On May 30, around 1,000 people from across Louisiana gathered in New Orleans to take part in the BP Oil…
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Eyewitness reports on actions protesting attack on Gaza flotilla and Israeli blockade
Participants from the indicated cities sent in the following reports. Click here for more information and a list of protests…
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