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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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Venezuela and US to restore diplomats
June 26, 2009Original source: Venezuela and the United States have agreed to restore their ambassadors more than nine months after President Hugo Chavez expelled the US envoy from Caracas. Mr Chavez signalled that he still had major differences...
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No peace, no silence in Colombia
June 26, 2009New documentation is available on the precariousness of life and pall of terror weighing upon Colombia. Why has deadly conflict persisted for decades? Why have rich nations turned a blind eye, or lent a hand? Britain’s...
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