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  • Mexico: repression looms in deepening crisis

    Mexico: repression looms in deepening crisis

    December 8, 2006

    The crisis in Mexican politics deepened last week as the right-wing government moved in a significantly more repressive direction. In the southern city of Oaxaca, protests by teachers, workers, students and indigenous people against the corrupt...

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  • CPUSA leaders visit China, Vietnam

    CPUSA leaders visit China, Vietnam

    December 8, 2006

    BEIJING — A Communist Party USA delegation headed by national chair Sam Webb arrived here Nov. 30 for a party-to-party exchange. In the first three days the delegation visited many historic sites, including the tomb of...

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  • Indigenous pressure key to Bolivias land reform

    Indigenous pressure key to Bolivias land reform

    December 8, 2006

    The Bolivian Congress passed landmark agrarian reform legislation Nov. 28 despite bitter but ultimately faltering right-wing opposition. Central to the achievement was indigenous mobilization working in tandem with an indigenous-headed government, enabling its president to make...

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  • Charges against Peace Grannies dropped

    Charges against Peace Grannies dropped

    December 8, 2006

    PHILADELPHIA — “It was a magnificent day,” said Peace Granny Marlene Santoyo. On Dec. 1, Municipal Court Judge Deborah Griffin dismissed the charges against 11 grandmothers arrested June 28 when they refused to leave a military...

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  • Labor-backed candidate battles DeLay crony in southwest Texas

    Labor-backed candidate battles DeLay crony in southwest Texas

    December 8, 2006

    News Analysis The race for the 23rd Congressional District Seat is as hot as a San Antonio jalapeño pepper. Labor-backed Democrat Ciro Rodriguez is pitted in a Dec. 12 runoff election against Bush Republican Henry Bonilla,...

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