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90 years after death, Lenin’s contributions appreciated

Lenin is the recognized leader of the political party that directed the working-class’s seizure of state power in Russia in…

January 31, 2014

World slams U.S. spying

Under increasing pressure and scrutiny from civil rights groups, public polls — and even their own imperialist allies — the…

January 30, 2014

Anti-NATO forces retake areas in southern Libya

For nearly seven months in 2011, NATO planes — particularly from the U.S., France, Britain and Canada — carried out…

January 29, 2014

Red Army broke siege of Leningrad 70 years ago

Editor’s note: The imperialist ruling class puts its plentiful resources into making humanity forget the enormous contribution of the Soviet…

January 27, 2014

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