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Sixty years after Freedom Charter, South Africa struggle continues

Events that took place on June 25-26, 1955, in Kliptown, South Africa, represented a turning point in the national liberation…

June 30, 2015

German political leader says: ‘Fuck U.S. imperialism’

Oskar Lafontaine, former German finance minister and political leader of, first, the Social Democratic Party, and most recently the Left…

June 29, 2015

Haitianos, expulsados de la República Dominicana

Por: Un residente extranjero en Santo Domingo. Otra tragedia humana en contra del pueblo haitiano se está fabricando, a medida…

June 29, 2015

Report from Santo Domingo: How government scapegoats Haitian workers

By a foreign resident in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Another human tragedy against the Haitian people is in the making…

June 28, 2015

Yemeni peace talks sabotaged in Geneva

After nearly a week of discussions in Geneva, Switzerland, United Nations talks to end the fighting in Yemen have adjourned…

June 28, 2015

Hondurans, Guatemalans protest capitalist corruption

Thousands of demonstrators in Honduras and Guatemala are protesting their respective governments over corruption scandals involving the misappropriation of public…

June 28, 2015

Haitians in DR threatened with removal

Some 500,000 undocumented immigrants in the Dominican Republic were under threat of removal, beginning the middle of June. Some estimates…

June 28, 2015

Israeli gov’t targets dissident IDF veterans

“Cases of abuse toward Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property have been the norm for years, but are still explained…

June 28, 2015

Huge protests hit British austerity

A show of strength by 250,000 protesters challenged the British government’s pro-banker program at an “End Austerity Now!” march and…

June 28, 2015

We are at war — elections, austerity and U.S. militarism’s impact on Spain

By Ángeles Maestro The writer is a leader of the political organization Red Roja (Red Network), a communist organization active…

June 25, 2015