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The IMF and debt worsen the Ebola epidemic

By Jérôme Duval Member of the Citizen’s Debt Audit Platform Publico, Feb. 1 Although the International Monetary Fund claims it…

February 6, 2015

Another legal victory for Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox

Albert Woodfox, one of the Angola 3 political prisoners, has spent 42 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana. On Nov.…

February 5, 2015

Deported after anti-Muslim witchhunt, Sami Al-Arian thanks friends, supporters

The following is a statement from Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian, who was deported from the U.S. on Feb. 4. Dr.…

February 5, 2015

The disaster of 12 January 2010: 5 years!

By Isabelle L. Papillon Reprinted with permission from Haiti-Liberté, Jan. 14-20. It was 4:43 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon, when…

January 24, 2015

Stop Veolia in Boston and Detroit!

The following message from the four fired leaders of United Steelworkers Local 8751 in Boston was delivered to the Detroit…

January 24, 2015

Puerto Rican patriot comes home

Hugs and cries of joy from a group of relatives, friends and political activists greeted Puerto Rican patriot Norberto González…

January 22, 2015

Letter on the Berlin Wall and the war between capitalism and socialism

In response to the Nov. 11 editorial, “The wall & counterrevolution,” published on the 25th anniversary of the end of…

January 11, 2015

Rasmea Odeh out of jail, heading home to Chicago

Members of the Rasmea Defense Committee from Chicago and Detroit/Dearborn just welcomed Rasmea back from four weeks in a Port…

December 11, 2014

Meeting commemorates Chairman Fred Hampton

With the 45th annual International Revolutionary Day on Dec. 4, people commemorated the 1969 assassination of Illinois Black Panther Party…

December 11, 2014

Reflections on Ferguson

Below are excerpts from an article by Lou DeJesus of Buffalo, N.Y., about her trip to St. Louis and Ferguson,…

December 11, 2014