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Cuban leader Ricardo Alarcón: Amiri Baraka ‘led an unwavering life’

By Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada Alarcón was president of the Cuba’s National Assembly of People's Power and a member of…

January 24, 2014

Rebellion against banks rocks Spain

A mid-January mass rebellion in one neighborhood of a mid-sized city in north-central Spain beat back a rightist City Hall…

January 23, 2014

South Africa struggles continue in platinum mines

An 11-week strike by 7,000 members of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has resulted in a settlement granting…

January 23, 2014

Teachers’ strike shuts Puerto Rico’s schools

Thousands of teachers, students and their families and progressive organizations shook Puerto Rico’s local government as they went to the…

January 22, 2014

Thousands of African migrants strike in Israel

Tens of thousands of African migrants suspended a general strike Jan. 13 that had been in effect since January 5…

January 20, 2014

Chilean soccer team supports Palestine

The Club Deportivo Palestino, a first division football (soccer) team in Chile, has found a novel and dramatic way to…

January 19, 2014

Native & environmental activists take on GE & Big Oil

The tar sands of Alberta, Canada, are the dirtiest, most polluting oil source in North America and require very specialized,…

January 18, 2014

Meeting seeks justice for Iraq

An increase in deaths in Iraq from internal fighting and bombing doubled in 2013 from a year earlier, reaching levels…

January 18, 2014

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on the 12th anniversary of the arrest of Ahmad Sa’adat

The following statement was released by the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Jan. 15:…

January 17, 2014

Colombia 2014: A year of sharpening struggle ahead

Sharpening contradictions between the opposing classes and the growing exposure of the real intentions of Colombia’s ruling forces are reaching…

January 17, 2014