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  • Venezuelan Communists push workers councils

    Venezuelan Communists push workers councils

    February 2, 2007

    The Communist Party of Venezuela (CPV) is about to introduce a proposal that the National Assembly establish workers councils and include them under the new “Organic Law for Citizen Participation and People’s Power.” At a Caracas...

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  • Nairobi forum demands release of Cuban 5

    Nairobi forum demands release of Cuban 5

    February 2, 2007

    The World Social Forum in Nairobi concluded Jan. 25 with the approval of a motion in support of the world campaign for the release of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in U.S. prisons. Antonio Guerrero,...

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  • World Social Forum spotlights inequalities

    World Social Forum spotlights inequalities

    February 2, 2007

    NAIROBI, Kenya (IPS) — The 7th World Social Forum wound to a close here after five days of dialogue, art, poetry, dance, drama and protests led by participants from around the globe who believe “another world...

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  • Labor marches in antiwar house

    Labor marches in antiwar house

    February 2, 2007

    WASHINGTON — United in their opposition to the Iraq war, thousands of union members took aim at Bush administration policy last weekend, marching and rallying in the nation’s capital and beating corporate fat cats at their...

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  • Small towns join big cities in antiwar actions

    Small towns join big cities in antiwar actions

    February 2, 2007

    In smaller cities and towns across the nation, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in solidarity with those who marched in Washington on Jan. 27 to bring the troops home. They marched in towns like Denton,...

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