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Joma Sison on Philippine disaster and relief

Winds of almost 200 miles an hour brought destruction and untold numbers of dead throughout the central Philippines. Hundreds of…

November 12, 2013

Havana talks approaching the Colombian people’s hopes for peace

On Nov. 6, the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP insurgency published a joint statement regarding the agreement reached on the…

November 12, 2013

Two opposing views on climate change

Nov. 10 — Haiyan, a disastrous Class 5 super-typhoon, just roared across the Philippines with winds believed to have set…

November 12, 2013

African economy produces billionaires while poverty persists

Press reports from Africa indicate that there are unprecedented levels of economic growth taking place throughout the continent, which includes…

November 12, 2013

Venezuela to face food sabotage

Caracas, Nov. 4 — Tribuna Popular TP. - The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) today denounced…

November 12, 2013

South African miners demand higher wages

Conditions are driving more workers in the platinum sector of the mining industry in South Africa to engage in strikes…

November 10, 2013

Nigerian Labor Congress co-hosts solidarity conference with the Saharawi people

A long-delayed referendum on the independence of Saharawi from Morocco was the subject of the African Conference in Solidarity With…

November 10, 2013

IAC condemns Israeli air strike against Syria

The International Action Center released the following statement Nov. 2 on the Israeli bomb attack against Syria. Speaking on Nov.…

November 10, 2013

Washington talks peace, wages proxy war

Contradicting peace gestures by the Obama administration, U.S. warplanes attacked Syria. U.S.-made F16s fired U.S.-made missiles at two bases of…

November 10, 2013

Indonesia, Bangladesh workers battle low wages

At the end of October, both Bangladesh and Indonesia saw strikes involving millions of low-wage workers demanding substantial increases in…

November 10, 2013