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U.S., Britain escalate threats against Syria

The United States and Britain appear to be moving closer to direct intervention against the Bashar al-Assad government of Syria.…

November 18, 2012

U.S. Africa policy to remain imperialistic

With Barack Obama’s reelection as president of the leading imperialist state in the world, the Obama administration will continue along…

November 18, 2012

Dominican Republic protest: Police kill student

Special to Workers World Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Police shot and killed a student at the Autonomous University here during…

November 18, 2012

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