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Colombian hunger strike comes to GM’s home

Working at breakneck speed under antiquated conditions at the General Motors Commodores plant in Bogotá, Colombia, more than 200 workers…

September 17, 2012

Quebec student struggle stops tuition hikes

The first official decree from Pauline Marois, the new Quebec premier and leader of the Parti Québécois (PQ), at her…

September 17, 2012

Canada rightists persecute activists

Most quotes are from a Sept. 4 Fire This Time news release sent to Workers World by the Mobilization Against…

September 17, 2012

U.S. merchants of death top world’s arms sales

The United States military-industrial complex tripled its arms sales last year as it sold $66.3 billion in weapons overseas in…

September 12, 2012

Socialist Korea looks ahead

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea celebrated the 64th anniversary of the state’s founding on Sept. 9 with mass displays…

September 12, 2012

South African workers’ stoppages spread

The Lonmin Platinum PLC in Marikana, South Africa, has not restarted production at the facility where 44 workers died in…

September 12, 2012

Protest in Germany defends Syria, hits NATO

On Sept. 1, a broad coalition of people from German, Syrian and Turkish progressive and patriotic groups in Frankfurt, Germany,…

September 10, 2012

U.S. & Israel exonerate murderers, torturers

Nine years after the crushing to death of Rachel Aliene Corrie by an Israeli bulldozer, a judge in Haifa has…

September 10, 2012

40 years after Munich Olympics: The big lie about the Palestinians

International Olympic Committee president, Jacques Rogge, bowing to pressure and threats from U.S. and Israeli officials, paid tribute on July…

September 10, 2012

Same storm, different responses

The storm called Isaac hit Haiti, Cuba and the United States. When it lashed Haiti and Cuba, meteorologists called it…

September 10, 2012