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Make the Dream Act a reality, immigrant youth say
June 26, 2009CHICAGO – Most people are familiar with the popular catchphrase, “youth are the future.” Youth coined in this saying are dubbed to become the next generation of educated leaders in their communities and their country. Young...
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50 years of Cuban Agrarian Reform: overcoming challenges to feed the people
June 26, 2009The food needs of Cuba are vast and present a ready market for US farmers and agri-business corporations. Surprisingly, Cuba’s largest supplier of food and agricultural products is the US where it gets 70% of its...
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Book review: Can capitalism last?
June 26, 2009New book by American Communist explores answers to question of our timeBOOK REVIEWCan Capitalism Last? By Daniel Rubin , 2009, 196 pp, $10 “Marxism is dead. Socialism is dead. What better proof than the collapse of...
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WORLDNOTES, Lithuania, China, Uganda, Global, Iraq, and Cuba
June 26, 2009Lithuania: Anti-gay legislation protested Parliament last week banned discussion of homosexuality in schools and in literature available to children. Viewing the legislation as discriminatory, gay rights and human rights groups including Amnesty International launched a campaign...
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South Carolinians point to Sanfords real misdeeds
June 26, 2009South Carolina AFL-CIO President Donna DeWitt quickly brushed aside questions about Gov. Mark Sanford’s tearful admission June 24 that he flew secretly to Argentina for a weeklong tryst. Instead she pointed to other, bigger misdeeds. The...
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