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We are colonized!
February 21, 2009(l'Humanite Translated by Amanda Cook) Surely, since the end of the Algerian War, the people of France have more or less forgotten this vocabulary, calling it a bit old fashioned, or maybe even antiquated. Colonist, colonies,...
Read moreDigital TV for all? Not so fast
February 21, 2009NEW YORK, Feb 20 (IPS) - Imagine turning on your television and all you see is black and white fuzz. This might be the scenario for the estimated 6 million U.S. citizens who have been left...
Read moreStrikers back in talks after Guadeloupe pay offer
February 21, 2009Strike leaders in Guadeloupe resumed negotiations on Friday after Paris pledged to boost pay for low wage earners by almost 200 euros (£176) a month. But the Collective Against Exploitation (LKP), the alliance of trade unions...
Read moreLETTERS February 28, 2009
February 20, 2009Prediction World peace will come when the United States goes socialist. William Bunge Montreal, Canada Remembering Rose My mother, Rose Goldberg, passed away last year April. She was a bookkeeper for the PWW and her Communist...
Read moreVenezuela rejects term limits
February 20, 2009Victory for democracy, Chavez says With 94 percent of the votes counted, Venezuela’s National Election Council announced late Feb. 15 the results of the referendum on term limits. Some 6 million “yes” voters, 54.4 percent, approved...
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