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LCLAA spells solidarity
August 11, 2006SAN ANTONIO — If anybody thought the working class is splintering under the American right wing’s battering ram, they could take heart from the convention of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), which concluded...
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The economic mainsprings of U.S. foreign policy
August 11, 2006From 1961 to 1999, Victor Perlo’s “People vs. Profits” column in the Daily World and the People’s Weekly World set the standard for a Marxist analysis of U.S. capitalism. Two collections of these columns have been...
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UN panel slams U.S. on death penalty, racism
August 11, 2006UNITED NATIONS — After reviewing information provided by the U.S. government and dozens of nongovernmental organizations, the UN’s Human Rights Committee (HRC) has issued a scathing condemnation of human rights abuses in the U.S. The July...
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WORLD NOTES
August 11, 2006Mexico: Mayan people losing out Mexico’s low intensity warfare against Zapatista-led Mayan communities in Chiapas has aggravated the suffering of indigenous people there. According to a study released in June by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR),...
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Mexicos voters reject token recount
August 11, 2006MEXICO CITY — Falling short of widespread demands for a full vote recount, the Federal Electoral Tribunal here ruled Aug. 5 that it would only recount votes in 9.7 percent of polls. The decision sparked widespread...
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