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Iraq still reeling from U.S. wars

The Pentagon launched the Desert Storm war against Iraq in January of 1991, destroying much of Baghdad’s water and sewage…

November 16, 2012

General strikes sweep Europe

The people of Europe are angry, very angry — and they’re doing something about it. On Nov. 14, a European…

November 14, 2012

Media misrepresent Puerto Rico vote

While U.S. citizens cast their votes for president Nov. 6, Puerto Rico’s residents were also voting for the next governor…

November 14, 2012

South Africa labor union declares: ‘Enough is enough! We want change!’

Miners’ strikes continue Strike unrest continues in South Africa’s platinum, gold, coal, diamond and iron ore mining sectors. Company owners…

November 7, 2012

Hurricane hits Haiti, Jamaica

Sandy began in the southern Caribbean near Nicaragua, and when it passed over Jamaica, its winds were barely hurricane force.…

November 5, 2012

Solidarity flows in Cuba after hurricane

Before laying waste to the Eastern U.S., Hurricane Sandy ripped through Caribbean islands, causing deaths in Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico,…

November 5, 2012

European workers prepare for day of action

Five years ago the world banking system, the foundation of the imperialist social and economic system, fractured. Huge financial institutions…

November 4, 2012

150,000 in Rome protest austerity

Rome — Some 150,000 people marched through the rainy streets of Rome on Oct. 27 for a national “No Monti…

November 4, 2012

Ford shuts Belgium plant, workers’ party protests

Following is a statement from the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB). Today, Wednesday, Oct. 24, the hard news arrived: The…

November 4, 2012

Clintons preside over inauguration of misery in Haiti

In a ceremony reeking of historic colonialism, designed to firmly seal Haiti’s status as a U.S. neocolony, former President Bill…

November 4, 2012