u.s. working class
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China forges into lead in supercomputer world competition
October 2010 marked a revolution in China's computing power, made possible by the country's October 1949 revolutionary victory, which opened…
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Court blocks miners’ strike in S. Africa
The South African Labor Court in Johannesburg has granted Gold Fields a court order temporarily prohibiting a planned strike at…
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New Paltz meeting on environment and war
A political meeting combining the issues of impending ecological collapse, endless wars and global poverty drew 167 people--over half of…
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Cuban solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian resistance leader
A campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Sa'adat,…
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IMF austerity measures spur anti-worker laws in Hungary
The Hungarian Constitutional Court has struck down as unconstitutional a proposed bill that would cap severance pay to all public-sector…
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Caterpillar suspends shipment of bulldozers to Israel
Caterpillar (or CAT) has temporarily suspended a shipment of D9 bulldozers to Israel. These D9s, valued at $50 million, are…
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Jon Stewart’s ‘Sanity’ rally an attack on activism
On Oct. 30, popular television comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted on the National Mall their much touted "Rally…
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Book review: Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia
On Sept. 23 military sources in Colombia reported the murder of Jorge Briceño, aka Mono Jojoy, one of the members…
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Baltimore community protests construction of youth jail
On the evening of Oct. 31, members of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and…
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French workers show the way, take action to save pensions
Millions of workers in France have taken to the streets in September and October to protest the government's proposal to…
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