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Bangladesh fire kills 120 workers

What’s the Walmart connection?   What is the value of workers’ lives under global capitalism? Once again, Bangladeshi garment workers…

November 30, 2012

Mining and military interests underlie Congo war

The continuing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province led to convening a regional summit in…

November 30, 2012

Cease-fire halts Israeli assault; Gaza struggle unresolved

A cease-fire agreement went into effect in battle-scarred Gaza on Nov. 21. After a week of heavy bombing raids and…

November 28, 2012

Condemnation of Israel goes global

Within days of the start of Israel’s latest aerial offensive on the imprisoned people of the Gaza Strip, solidarity protests…

November 28, 2012

Egypt erupts over Morsi power grab

Mass protests erupted across Egypt following President Mohamed Morsi’s Nov. 22 announcement of a series of decrees that would further…

November 28, 2012

Europe rocked by workers’ resistance

Millions of people struck Nov. 14, and hundreds of thousands more poured into the streets in an unprecedented, coordinated general…

November 25, 2012

The myth of Columbus

Based on a talk entitled “On the 520th anniversary of the landing of Columbus: What his legacy means for Indigenous…

November 21, 2012

South African farmworkers on strike

In the Western Cape of South Africa, where farmworkers produce fruits, and wines that are sold domestically and internationally, employees…

November 21, 2012

GAZA RESISTS U.S.-backed Israeli terror

By Gene Clancy and Deirdre Griswold Nov. 19 — Israel has launched another brutal military attack on the Palestinian people…

November 20, 2012

National Network On Cuba: Statement to President Obama on Hurricane Relief, Embargo, and UN Vote

The following letter to the Obama administration was issued by the National Network On Cuba on Nov. 13 following the…

November 20, 2012