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Legal victory for Ricardo Palmera, lead negotiator of FARC
On Oct. 4, the Colombian revolution scored a victory when a mistrial was declared in the case of Simon Trinidad,…
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War profiteers at Lockheed Martin seek image makeover
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest arms exporter, is spending a lot of money these days on television ads. But it…
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Jena 6 update: Mychal Bell freed on bail
On Sept. 28, Mychal Bell—one of the Jena 6—was freed from prison on $45,000 bail. Bell spent nearly 10 months…
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Democratic candidates admit they won’t end Iraq war
The Democratic Party is not anti-war. Along with the Republican Party, it represents the interests of the U.S. capitalist class.…
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4.5 million Iraqis displaced by U.S. occupation
Nearly five years of violent occupation by U.S. imperialist forces has created the largest refugee crisis in the Middle East…
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Capitalism creates incentives to destroy rainforests
It’s already well known that unchecked industrial capitalism is the main source of green house gas emissions that are causing…
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Government to deny medical care to undocumented immigrants
The Bush administration has added the denial of emergency Medicaid funds to its arsenal of weapons used to terrorize undocumented…
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Felipe Pérez Roque: ‘Today’s dreams will be tomorrow’s realities’
The following is the text of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque’s statement delivered at the 62nd Session of the…
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Eyewitness Jena: 50,000 march united
The writer filed this special report from Jena, La. On Sept. 20, a spirited march of more than 50,000 people…
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Don’t let this CPA do your books
On July 1, 2004, a four engine Lockheed C-130 landed in Baghdad. Its load was 30 tons of $100 bills—a…
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