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Bolivia to withdraw from School of the Americas
Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced that his country’s military will gradually withdraw from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security…
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Labor board eviscerates union card check
In another blow to workers’ rights, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a union decertification petition can be…
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Temporary legal victory stops ‘no match’ rules
The Bush administration's increased repression against undocumented immigrant workers has hit another obstacle. On Oct. 10, federal judge Charles R.…
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U.S. capitalists pollute for profit
According to a report released on Oct. 11, over half of the country’s industrial and municipal facilities dumped more pollutants…
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Government funds war, not healthcare for kids
On Oct. 3, Bush vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to provide $35 billion over five years to…
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Racist immigration raids sweep United States
Over the past two weeks, the U.S. government has stepped-up attacks against undocumented workers with mass arrests and deportations. In…
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Government rules won’t curb Blackwater’s crimes
Blackwater USA, one of major U.S.-based private security contractors operating in Iraq, has come under heavy criticism recently for the…
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Cuban father fights for custody of daughter in Miami courts
Rafael Izquierdo, an agricultural worker from Cabaiguan in central Cuba, is fighting for custody of his five-year-old daughter so he…
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Bush is all hot air on global warming
At a White House-sponsored conference on climate change at the end of September, President Bush called for a global fund…
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FARC leader calls Uribe’s bluff
Nayibe "Sonia" Rojas has said that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia should not let her release or Ricardo Palmera’s…
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