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China, global warming and technological innovation

Any meaningful efforts to limit carbon dioxide emissions, the main cause of global warming, must deal with the issue of…

August 11, 2016

Why is U.S. bombing Libya – again?

The U.S. military resumed bombing of the North African country of Libya on Aug. 1. President Barack Obama approved the…

August 11, 2016

Facing explosion of Zika in Puerto Rico, protest stops toxic spraying before it starts

There is widespread opposition in Puerto Rico to the imposition of aerial spraying of Naled by the Centers for Disease…

August 11, 2016

Workers in Rio: ‘No poverty, no coup!’

Labeling the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro the “Exclusion Games” because there is no discount for Brazilians to attend…

August 9, 2016

ARACELIO IGLESIAS DÍAZ: 20th-century labor leader remembered

By Ildefonso Gustavo Díaz Sandoval and Rosa María Oliva Enríquez A guest article from correspondents in Cuba. Aracelio Iglesias Díaz…

August 7, 2016

Current challenges in South African election

July 14 - A nationwide election for local offices in 278 municipalities across South Africa is taking place Aug. 3.…

August 7, 2016

Haitians challenge Clinton

Komokoda (the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti) protested in Philadelphia on July 26 against the ruinous role played…

August 4, 2016

Coup and ‘countercoup’ disrupt Turkish state

Aug. 1 — Two weeks after the collapse of an attempted coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling…

August 3, 2016

Venezuelan workers take over U.S. plant

Nearly a thousand workers at a large, former Kimberly-Clark plant in Venezuela are back on the job, making sorely needed…

August 2, 2016

Electrical Workers BDS solidarity upheld

Last August the United Electrical Workers took a brave stand for international solidarity at their national convention by adopting a…

July 31, 2016