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Populist president faces long odds
November 12, 2008President Fernando Lugo, up against an agrarian oligarchy and answerable to a mobilized peasant movement, has yet to introduce transformative measures reminiscent of those initiated by his Venezuelan, Bolivian and Ecuadorian counterparts. The former bishop’s election...
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Gardens, forests and Black artists: documentaries worth seeing
November 12, 2008Some of the documentaries shown at the 44th Annual Chicago International Film Festival should be of interest to progressive activists. They deal with flora — one in the form of a community garden, another the Amazon...
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OPINION: New opportunity for immigration reform
November 12, 2008With the new Obama administration and an enhanced Democratic majority in Congress, we can make new advances on immigrants' rights. In the last few years the Bush administration dropped all pretense of being immigrant-friendly. Enforcement actions...
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World reacts to Obama presidency
November 12, 2008International media coverage of the election last week of Barack Obama has continued non-stop. A survey follows. Africa Barack Obama’s Kenyan relatives and Africans in general sang and danced in the streets following Barack Obama’s election...
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The youth vote was a driving force for Obama
November 12, 2008More young voters cast their vote this past election than in recent history helping to elect the country’s first African American president, Barack Obama. Since 2000 the youth vote has been in question with many wondering...
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